Leviticus 15:3
1 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
- KJV
- And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
- WEB
- This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
- ASV
- And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
- DARBY
- And this shall be his uncleanness in his flux: whether his flesh run with his flux, or his flesh be closed from his flux, it is his uncleanness.
- BLB
- And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge—[whether] his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh is stopped up from his discharge; it [is] his uncleanness.
- ÅB
- Så lenge hans flod varer, er det slik med hans urenhet: Enten hans legeme gir flodet fra seg eller holder det tilbake, i begge tilfelle er han uren.
- OTB
- Dette er hans urenhet i hans utflod: enten kroppen hans lar utfloden flyte eller hindrer den, er det hans urenhet.
- B1930
- Så lenge hans flod varer, er det således med hans urenhet: Enten hans legeme gir flodet fra sig eller holder det tilbake, i begge tilfelle er han uren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:26
You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:20
and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
Read in contextLeviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
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