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 then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and the one who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 11Likewise, whomever the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water. 13‘Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean. 14Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the Lord to the doorway of 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

• earthenwareחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• the manזוּבzûb · to flow: flowingH2100
• touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• shall be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• and everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• woodenעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• shall be rinsedשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:12

• Leviticus 6:28Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.
• Leviticus 11:32Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a hide, or a sack--any article of which use is made--it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.
• Proverbs 1:21At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she declares her sayings:
• Proverbs 3:21My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Philippians 3:21who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
• Psalms 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

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