“ ‘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.
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“ ‘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.
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And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain 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 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that…
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue,.... Shall also be unclean, even any part of his flesh, or member of his body: the Jewish canon is (y), he that toucheth one that has an issue, or he that has an issue touches him, or anyone moves him that has an issue, or he moves him, defiles food, and drink, and washing vessels by touching, but not by bearing; and particularly touching the issue itself is instanced in, and such a man's spittle, &c. are defiled:
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even; as before. See Gill on Lev 15:5.
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(y) Zabim, c. 5. sect. 1, 7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The flesh - That is, any part of his…
The flesh - That is, any part of his body.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) And he that toucheth the flesh.—With such intense…
(7) And he that toucheth the flesh.—With such intense loathing was the person regarded who had contracted this infirmity, that even the medical man who had professionally to examine him became defiled for the rest of the day. He had to wash his clothes and immerse the whole of his body in water before he could be admitted into the enjoyment of his own sacred privileges.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.