Leviticus 15:21

and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The text delivers ritual purity regulations to Israel concerning menstrual impurity, specifying the consequences for contact with contaminated objects.

The words — הַנֹּגֵ֖עַ (ha./no.Ge.a') identifies the [one who] touches the contaminated bed, while וְ/טָמֵ֥א (ve./ta.Me') declares the resulting state that he will be unclean.

The thread — Leviticus 15:5 repeats the identical washing-and-uncleanness requirement for bed contact, while Isaiah 22:14 and 2 Corinthians 7:1 shift the cleansing motif toward moral and spiritual defilement.

Why it lands — The passage demands immediate physical washing and temporary exclusion until evening to maintain the community's ritual holiness standards.

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The Hebrew words

וְכָל־ve./kholand/ every הַנֹּגֵ֖עַha./no.Ge.a'<the>/ [one who] touches בְּמִשְׁכָּבָ֑הּbe./mish.ka.Va/h<in>/ bed/ her יְכַבֵּ֧סye.kha.Beshe will wash בְּגָדָ֛יוbe.ga.Da/vgarments/ his וְרָחַ֥ץve./ra.Chatzand/ he will wash בַּמַּ֖יִםba./Ma.yimwith <the>/ water וְטָמֵ֥אve./ta.Me'and/ he will be unclean עַד־'ad-until הָעָֽרֶב׃ha./'A.revthe/ evening

King James Version

And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Cross-references

Leviticus 15:5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Isaiah 22:14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.