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

10If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening. 11If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening. Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water. 13“When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean. 14On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings 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 6:28If a clay pot is used to boil the sacrificial meat, it must then be broken. If a bronze pot is used, it must be scoured and thoroughly rinsed with water.
• Leviticus 11:32If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.
• Proverbs 1:21She calls to the crowds along the main street, to those gathered in front of the city gate:
• Proverbs 3:21My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on to them,
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
• Philippians 3:21He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’”

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