Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides becomes unclean.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be unclean.
- KJV And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
- BSB Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.
- NKJV Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.
- NLT Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.
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Quick answer
Any saddle the unclean man rides on becomes unclean. Even objects bearing his weight are defiled.
Overview
This verse extends uncleanness to saddles and similar gear the afflicted man uses. Israel learned that defilement attached not only to people but to the things they handled and carried. The comprehensiveness of the law dramatized sin's pervasiveness and the corresponding completeness of the cleansing God provides.
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Cross-references · 1
- Gen 31:34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.
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