Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. He who sits on anything on which the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v7 He that toucheth the flesh, that is, any part…
He that toucheth the flesh, that is, any part of his body; the word flesh being taken otherwise here than Lev 15:2; as the same word is frequently used in Scripture in differing significations in the same chapter, and sometimes in the same verse, as Mat 8:22.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv5–7 And whosoever toucheth his bed,.... Is unclean. According to…
And whosoever toucheth his bed,.... Is unclean. According to the Misnah (x), a bed defiles a man seven ways, so as to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning, and by touching, and by bearing:
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan:
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and be unclean until the even; be unfit for conversation with other men till the even, though both his body and clothes are washed.
(x) Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v7 The flesh - That is, any part of his…
The flesh - That is, any part of his body.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv5–6 5. Bathe himself in water — The Targum of…
5. Bathe himself in water — The Targum of Palestine specifies that the quantity of water shall be forty seahs — about seventy gallons.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv5, 7 (5, 6) And whosoever toucheth his bed.—The defiling power…
(5, 6) And whosoever toucheth his bed.—The defiling power of the patient was so great that the bed, seat, or saddle which he rendered unclean by any of the above-named five acts polluted again any one who came in contact with these articles in seven different ways: by standing, sitting, lying, hanging, leaning, touching, or bearing them. The person thus polluted had to remain in this condition, debarred from the privileges of the sanctuary, till sundown, when he had to wash his garments, and immerse his whole body in water.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v6 he will be unclean
he will be unclean
The person whom other people may not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
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until evening
"until sunset"
who touches the body
"who touches any part of the body"
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clean
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