Leviticus 15:4

Leviticus 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:4

2“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean. 3This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean. Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean. 5So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening. 6If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:4 word by word

כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָ֑א וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• whereon he liethשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• that hath the issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• is uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• and every thingכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• whereon he sittethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:4

• 1 Corinthians 15:33Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”
• Ephesians 5:11Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:4

• 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 15:4

• 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