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New King James Version

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Woman;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baraita De-Niddah;   Baths, Bathing;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;
King James Version
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Lexham English Bible
"This is the regulation of the one with the body fluid discharge and the one from whom an emission of semen goes out so that he becomes unclean by it
New Century Version
These are the teachings for the person who discharges a body fluid and for the man who becomes unclean from semen coming out of his body.
New English Translation
This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission and becomes unclean by it,
Amplified Bible
This is the law for the one who has a discharge and for the one who has a seminal emission, so that he is unclean by it;
New American Standard Bible
This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,
Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the lawe of him that hath an issue, and of him from whome goeth an issue of seede whereby he is defiled:
Legacy Standard Bible
This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,
Contemporary English Version
These are the things you men must do if you become unclean because of an infected penis or if you have a flow of semen. And these are the things you women must do when you become unclean either because of your monthly period or an unusual flow of blood. This is also what you men must do if you have sex with a woman who is unclean.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Such is the law for the person who has a discharge; for the man who has a seminal emission that makes him unclean;
Darby Translation
This is the law for him that hath a flux, and for the one whose seed of copulation goeth from him, and who is defiled therewith:
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the rules for anyone with a discharge from the body. These rules are for men who become unclean from a flow of semen.
English Standard Version
This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;
George Lamsa Translation
This law shall be for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen and is defiled therewith;
Good News Translation
These are the regulations about a man who has a discharge or an emission of semen,
Christian Standard Bible®
This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it;
Literal Translation
This is the law of him that issues, and of him from whom semen goes out, for uncleanness by it;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the lawe ouer him that hath a runnynge sore, & him whose sede departeth from him in slepe, so that he is vncleane therof.
American Standard Version
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;
Bible in Basic English
This is the law for the man who has a flow from his body, or whose seed goes from him so that he is unclean;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the lawe of hym that hath an issue, and of hym whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe, and is defyled therin:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him from whom the flow of seed goeth out, so that he is unclean thereby;
King James Version (1611)
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it.
English Revised Version
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;
Berean Standard Bible
This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has a seminal emission whereby he is unclean,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the lawe of hym that suffrith fletyng out of seed, and which is defoulid with fleischly couplyng,
Young's Literal Translation
`This [is] the law of him who hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth out from him, for uncleanness thereby,
Update Bible Version
This is the law of him that has a discharge, and of him whose semen goes from him, so that he is unclean thereby;
Webster's Bible Translation
This [is] the law of him that hath an issue, and [of him] whose seed goeth from him, and [he] is defiled therewith.
World English Bible
This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;
New Living Translation
These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
New Life Bible
This is the law for him who has something flowing from his body, and for the man whose seed flows from his sex part and makes him unclean.
New Revised Standard
This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the law - Of him that hath a flux, - And of him from whom goeth an outflow of seed, making unclean thereby;
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation.
Revised Standard Version
This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;
THE MESSAGE
"These are the procedures to follow for a man with a discharge or an emission of semen that makes him unclean, and for a woman in her menstrual period—any man or woman with a discharge and also for a man who sleeps with a woman who is unclean."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,

Contextual Overview

19 "If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. 20 Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 22 And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 23 If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. 24 And if any man lies with her at all, so that her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean. 25 "If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. She shall be unclean. 26 Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. 27 Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 28 "But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 15:1-18, Leviticus 11:46, Leviticus 13:59, Leviticus 14:2, Leviticus 14:32, Leviticus 14:54-57, Numbers 5:29, Numbers 6:13, Numbers 19:14, Ezekiel 43:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:16 - General Numbers 36:13 - the commandments Galatians 3:19 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This [is] the law of him that hath an issue,.... In

Leviticus 15:32 is a recapitulation of the several laws in this chapter, as of a man that has a "gonorrhoea":

and [of him] whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; involuntarily, that suffers a nocturnal pollution.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This solemn admonition is addressed to Moses and Aaron, see Leviticus 15:1.

Leviticus 15:31

My tabernacle - Strictly, “my dwelling-place” משׁכן mı̂shkān, as in Leviticus 8:10; Leviticus 17:4; Leviticus 26:11. The word rendered “tabernacle” elsewhere in Leviticus is properly “tent.” See the Exodus 26:1 note.


 
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