Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- 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.
- 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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Cross-references · 11
- Lev 17:15–16And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Lev 15:21and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Lev 15:5–8Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Lev 15:13When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
- Ezek 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Ezek 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Zech 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- Heb 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- 1 Pet 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 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 His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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