Leviticus 15:7

Leviticus 15:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 15:7

5Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. 6Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. 8If a man who has a discharge spits on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. 9When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean.

Leviticus 15:7 word by word

וְהַנֹּגֵ֖עַ בִּבְשַׂ֣ר הַזָּ֑ב יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he that touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of him that hath the issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• shall washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• his clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• and batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:7

• 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. 1-182. When any man hath a running issue--This chapter describes other forms of uncleanness, the nature of which is sufficiently intelligible in the text without any explanatory comment. Being the effects of licentiousness, they properly come within the notice of the legislator, and the very stringent rules here prescribed, both for the separation of the person diseased and for avoiding contamination from anything connected with him, were well calculated not…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:7

• 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