Leviticus 15:12

Leviticus 15:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Context of Leviticus 15:12

10Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 11If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water. 13“When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean. 14He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest.

Leviticus 15:12 word by word

וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע־בּ֥וֹ הַזָּ֖ב יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵ֔ץ יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of earthחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• that he touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• which hath the issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• shall be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• of woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• shall be rinsedשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:12

• Leviticus 6:28A clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled is to be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
• Leviticus 11:32When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean — any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
• Proverbs 1:21She cries out above the commotion; she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:
• Proverbs 3:21Maintain sound wisdom and discretion. My son, don’t lose sight of them.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
• Philippians 3:21He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; you will shatter them like pottery.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:12

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33The idea of normal and abnormal, along with the created order, helps interpret these rules (see “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note). Bodily discharges, like infections (see study note on Leviticus 13:1–46), were not considered "normal" because they weakened a person's health. This made the person seem incomplete. Whether male (15:1–18) or female (15:19–33), such a person became unclean.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken--It is thought that the pottery of the Israelites, like the earthenware jars in which the Egyptians kept their water, was unglazed and consequently porous, and that it was its porousness which, rendering it extremely liable to imbibe small particles of impure matter, was the reason why the vessel touched by an unclean person was ordered to be broken.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:12

• Ablution
• Defilement
• Purification
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Even; Evening; Eventide
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• John the Baptist
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Leviticus 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings