New King James Version
Leviticus 15:32
32This is the law for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby,
Leviticus 15:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
- New International Version (NIV)These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;
- New Living Translation (NLT)These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
Context of Leviticus 15:32
30Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for the discharge of her uncleanness. 31‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that is among them. This is the law for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby, 33and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean.’ ”
Read all of Leviticus 15Leviticus 15:32 word by word
זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַזָּ֑ב וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֛נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֖רַע לְטָמְאָה־בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 15:32
- Leviticus 15:1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 11:46‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
- Leviticus 13:59“This is the law of the leprous plague in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or in anything made of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.”
- Leviticus 14:2“This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.
- Numbers 5:29‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
- Numbers 6:13‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
- Numbers 19:14‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days;
- Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
Commentaries on Leviticus 15:32
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-33Verses 31-33 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33This is a summary of the principles in Leviticus 15:1–31. Bodily discharges made a person ceremonially unclean. This included pus, semen, menstrual fluid, or blood.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3331-33. Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness--The divine wisdom was manifested in inspiring the Israelites with a profound reverence for holy things; and nothing was more suited to this purpose than to debar from the tabernacle all who were polluted by any kind of uncleanness, ceremonial as well as natural, mental as well as physical. The better to mark out that people as His family, His servants and priests, dwelling in the…Read the comment
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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
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