Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.
Parallel translations
- WEB If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
- KJV And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
- BSB And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
- NKJV If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.
- NLT This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Whether on the bed or her seat, touching the defiled object makes one unclean until evening. Any contact with what she used conveys impurity.
Overview
This summarizes that touching the affected bed or seat, whatever it may be, renders a person unclean until evening. The comprehensiveness ensured no defilement was overlooked. It reinforces how readily impurity transfers and how constant the need for cleansing was, pointing to the decisive purification found in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
No cross-references recorded for this verse.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
How Leviticus 15:23 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.