Leviticus 15:5

Leviticus 15:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 15:5

3Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: 4“ ‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 6Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 7“ ‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 15:5 word by word

וְאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִגַּ֖ע בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And whosoeverאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• his bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• 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

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:5

• Leviticus 11:25Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.
• Leviticus 13:6On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
• Leviticus 14:8“The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.
• Leviticus 16:26“The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
• Leviticus 17:15“ ‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean.
• Numbers 19:10The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.
• Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, Lord,
• Psalms 51:2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
• Isaiah 1:16Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
• Isaiah 22:14The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
• Hebrews 9:14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
• Hebrews 10:22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
• James 4:8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Revelation 7:14I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:5

• 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 15:5

• 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