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Leviticus 15:4
Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God delivers these ritual purity regulations to Moses and the Israelite community during the wilderness tabernacle period, specifically addressing the transmission of impurity through bodily discharges.
The words — The passage centers on זָב (zav), literally “discharger,” and יִטְמָא (yitma’), meaning “it will become unclean,” to describe the automatic defilement of objects contacted by the affected individual.
The thread — The motif of contaminating contact and required separation resurfaces in 1 Corinthians 15:33 on corrupting influence, Ephesians 5:11 on avoiding darkness’s works, and Titus 1:15 on the defiled mind’s inability to perceive purity.
Why it lands — It mandates that physical objects used by a ritually unclean person transmit defilement, requiring immediate washing and waiting until evening to restore ceremonial cleanliness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.