Bible Strands
Leviticus 15:27
Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God issues this ritual directive to Moses and the Israelite community while concluding the chapter’s regulations on abnormal bodily discharges.
The words — The Hebrew נּוֹגֵעַ (no.Ge.a') denotes the one who touches, and טָמֵא (ta.Me') marks the resulting state of uncleanness that the contact produces.
The thread — The identical sequence of washing garments, bathing in water, and remaining unclean until evening appears in Leviticus 15:5 and 15:21.
Why it lands — The reader must perform immediate physical washing and wait until evening before regaining ceremonial status, demonstrating that ritual purity requires tangible action and a fixed timeframe.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and 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.
- Leviticus 15:13 When 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.
- Leviticus 15:21 and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 17:15 And 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.
- Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Ezekiel 36:29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Zechariah 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.
- Hebrews 9:14 how 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!
- Hebrews 10:22 let 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.
- 1 Peter 1:18 For 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,