Leviticus 15:31

Leviticus 15:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst."
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘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.

Context of Leviticus 15:31

29On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the kohen, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. 30The kohen is to offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. So the kohen will make atonement for her before Adonai for the uncleanness of her discharge. “So you are to keep Bnei-Yisrael separate from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness by defiling My Tabernacle that is in their midst.” 32This is the Torah for one who has a discharge or for one who has an emission of semen, which causes him to become unclean, 33as well as for her who has her period of niddah , and for the man or woman who has a discharge, or the one who lies with her who is unclean.

Leviticus 15:31 word by word

וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑ם וְלֹ֤א יָמֻ֙תוּ֙ בְּטֻמְאָתָ֔ם בְּטַמְּאָ֥ם אֶת־מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus shall ye separateנָזַרnâzar · to dedicateH5144
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• from their uncleannessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• that they dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• when they defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• my tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:31

• Leviticus 11:47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.”
• Leviticus 13:59This is the Torah for a mark of tza'arat in a garment of wool or linen, either in the weaving, the texture, or in anything of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.
• Numbers 5:3Whether male or female, you are to send them outside the camp so as not to defile the camp where I am dwelling among them.”
• Deuteronomy 24:8“Take care in the plague of tza'arat—be very careful to do all that the Levitical kohanim instruct you, just as I commanded them, so you are to take care to do.
• Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
• Ezekiel 44:23“They will teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and explain to them the difference between the unclean and the clean.
• Hebrews 10:29How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
• Jude 1:4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
• Leviticus 19:30“You are to keep My Shabbatot, and reverence My Sanctuary. I am Adonai.
• Leviticus 21:23But he is not to approach the curtain or come near the altar, because of the defect on him, so that he may not desecrate My sanctuaries, for I am Adonai who sanctifies them.”
• Numbers 19:13Anyone touching the dead body of any man, who does not purify himself, defiles Adonai’s Tabernacle, and that person will be cut off from Israel. Because the cleansing water was not sprinkled on him, he is unclean and his uncleanness will remain on him.
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
• Ezekiel 23:38Again, this they have done to Me—they defiled My Sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Shabbatot.
• Ezekiel 44:5Adonai said to me, “Son of man, set your heart, behold with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of Adonai’s House and all its laws. Set your heart to the entrance of the House, with all exits of the Sanctuary.
• Daniel 9:27Then he will make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed annihilation is poured out on the one who destroys.’”

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness - By this separation the cause became less frequent, and the contagion, if it did exist, was prevented from spreading. So pest-houses and fever-wards are constructed for the purpose of separating the infected from the sound; and thus contagion is lessened, and its diffusion prevented. That they die not - That life may be prolonged by these prudential cares; and that he who is morally and…Read the comment
• 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. 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. 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

Topics related to Leviticus 15:31

• Defilement
• Priest
• Purification
• Sanitation
• Tabernacle
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Defile; Defilement

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