Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Parallel translations
- KJV And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- BSB Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- NKJV Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
- NASB Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
- NLT If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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Quick answer
Whoever touches these defiled things becomes unclean and must wash and bathe. Contact during her abnormal flow conveys impurity.
Overview
Anyone touching the woman's defiled items during her prolonged discharge becomes unclean and must be cleansed. This kept the spreading impurity contained within the camp's life with God. The repeated need for washing pressed home the universal requirement of purity, satisfied finally in Christ's cleansing.
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- Lev 17:15–16“‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.
- Lev 15:21Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Lev 15:5–8Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Lev 15:13“‘When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
- Ezek 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine on you.
- Ezek 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- Zech 13:1“In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
- Heb 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- 1 Pet 1:18–19knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
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