If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- KJV And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- BSB Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- NKJV And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
- NASB Whoever touches any object on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
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Quick answer
Touching anything she sat on requires washing, bathing, and uncleanness until evening. Her seat transmits ceremonial impurity.
Overview
Contact with the woman's seat defiles and demands cleansing, just as with the man's discharge. The careful parallelism underscores the orderliness of God's law. Such provisions taught that defilement spreads easily, while purity must be deliberately restored, foreshadowing the thorough cleansing of the gospel.
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