Leviticus 15:23

Anyone touching anything on the bed or on the thing on which she has been seated, will be unclean till evening.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

In Context

22And anyone touching anything on which she has been seated will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

24And if any man has sex relations with her so that her blood comes on him, he will be unclean for seven days and every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean.

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Cross References

Numbers 19:22Anything touched by the unclean person will be unclean; and any person touching it will be unclean till evening.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 15:20-33

19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,… Read the whole commentary →

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