Leviticus 15:9

Leviticus 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:9

7Whoever touches the body of the one who has the discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 8Or if the one who has the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he also is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. “Any saddle the one who has the discharge rides on will be unclean. 10Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until the evening. Whoever carries them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 11“Also anyone the person with the discharge touches without rinsing his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:9 word by word

וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And what saddleמֶרְכָּבmerkâb · chariotH4817
• soever he ridethרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• upon that hath the issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:9

• Genesis 31:34(Now Rachel had taken the idols, put them in the camel’s saddlebag and sat on them.) So Laban felt around the entire tent but did not find them.

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:9

• 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. 99. what saddle ... he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean--(See on Ge 31:34).Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:9

• 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