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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Leviticus 15:22

Whoever touches anything she has sat on must wash their clothes and bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Menstruation;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Women;   The Topic Concordance - Sexual Activities;   Uncleanness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Command, Commandment;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ablution;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Discharge;   Issue;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Medicine;   Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baraita De-Niddah;   Baths, Bathing;   Pharisees;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
King James Version
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Lexham English Bible
And any person who touches any object on which she sat must wash his garments, and he shall wash himself with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
New Century Version
Anyone who touches something she has sat on must wash his clothes and bathe in water; that person will be unclean until evening.
New English Translation
Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Amplified Bible
'Whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
New American Standard Bible
'Whoever touches any object on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that she sate vpon, shal wash his clothes, and wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen:
Legacy Standard Bible
And whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever touches anything she sits on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.
Darby Translation
And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
English Standard Version
And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
George Lamsa Translation
And whosoever touches anything that she sits upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
Christian Standard Bible®
Everyone who touches any furniture she was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Literal Translation
And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And who so euer toucheth eny maner thinge that she hath sytten vpo, shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.
American Standard Version
And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Bible in Basic English
And anyone touching anything on which she has been seated will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon, shall washe his clothes, and bathe hym selfe in water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that she sate vpon, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and every one that touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
English Revised Version
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Berean Standard Bible
And whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening,
Young's Literal Translation
`And any one who is coming against any vessel on which she sitteth doth wash his garments, and hath washed with water, and been unclean till the evening.
Update Bible Version
And whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the evening.
World English Bible
Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
New King James Version
And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
New Living Translation
If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
New Life Bible
Whoever touches anything she sits on must wash his clothes and wash himself in water and be unclean until evening.
New Revised Standard
Whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, whosoever toucheth any thing whereon she sitteth shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Contextual Overview

19 "If a woman has a discharge from her monthly time of bleeding, she will be unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Everything she lies on during her monthly time of bleeding will be unclean. And everything she sits on during that time will be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed must wash their clothes and bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening. 22 Whoever touches anything she has sat on must wash their clothes and bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening. 23 It doesn't matter if they touched the woman's bed or if they touched something she sat on, they will be unclean until evening. 24 "If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly time of bleeding, he will be unclean for seven days. Every bed he lies on will be unclean. 25 "If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not during her time of monthly bleeding, or if she has a discharge after that time, she will be unclean, just as during the time of her monthly bleeding. She will be unclean for as long as she has a discharge. 26 Any bed she lies on during the time of her discharge will be like her bed during the time of her monthly bleeding. Everything she sits on will be unclean, just as it is during the time she is unclean from her monthly bleeding. 27 Whoever touches these things will be unclean until evening. They must wash their own clothes and bathe in water. 28 After the woman's discharge stops, she must wait seven days. After that she will be clean.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon,.... Which was appropriated to her to sit upon, as the Targum of Jonathan, which was her proper and peculiar seat, what she usually sat upon; such were obliged to wash their clothes and bathe, as in all the above cases. See

Leviticus 15:5.


 
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