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Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that <i>is</i> among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that <i>is</i> among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“And <i>so</i> you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by making My tabernacle that is among them unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus you shall separate the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle that is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle that is among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When any of you are unclean, you must stay away from the rest of the community of Israel. Otherwise, my sacred tent will become unclean, and the whole nation will die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"You must separate the Israelites from anything that keeps them from being presentable to me. Otherwise, they will die because they make my tent, which is among them, unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD told Moses to warn the people of Israel about their uncleanness, so that they would not defile the Tent of his presence, which was in the middle of the camp. If they did, they would be killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"So separate the Israelis from their uncleanness so that they won't die in their uncleanness if they defile my tent that is in their midst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness: that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they do not die in their uncleanness, in their defiling My Dwelling Place which [is] in their midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which is in their midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye winnowed the sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die in their uncleanness in defiling my dwelling which is in the midst of you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You shall teach therefore the children of Israel to take heed of uncleanness, that they may not die in their filth, when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, you shall teach the sons of Israel to be cautious of uncleanness, so that they may not die in their filth, when they will have polluted my tabernacle, which is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall warn the Israelites of their uncleanness, lest they die through their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle, which is in their midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus shall you admonish the children of Israel concerning their uncleanness, that they may not die in their uncleanness and that they may not defile my tabernacle that is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall warn the children of Israel of their uncleanness and they should not die in their uncleanness and they should not defile my Tent that is among them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile My tabernacle that is in the midst of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall cause the children of Israel to beware of their uncleannesses; so they shall not die for their uncleanness, in polluting my tabernacle that is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4192" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">The Cleansing of Women</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5144.htm" title="5144: wə·hiz·zar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to hold aloof, i.e. abstain (i.e. Apostatize); specifically, to set apart, i.e. Devote.">You must keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the children</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel separate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: miṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯām (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity.">from their uncleanness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that they do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yā·mu·ṯū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">die</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: bə·ṭum·’ā·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: bə·ṭam·mə·’ām (Prep-b:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3mp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">by defiling</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4908.htm" title="4908: miš·kā·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Dwelling place, tabernacle. From shakan; a residence; specifically, the Tabernacle.">My tabernacle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">is among them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-20.htm">Numbers 19:20</a></span><br />But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a></span><br />Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a></span><br />They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a></span><br />But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm">1 Corinthians 3:17</a></span><br />If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a></span><br />But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:7</a></span><br />For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.</p><p class="hdg">Thus shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm">Leviticus 11:47</a></b></br> To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Leviticus 13:59</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Numbers 5:3</a></b></br> Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.</p><p class="hdg">that they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-30.htm">Leviticus 19:30</a></b></br> Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Leviticus 21:23</a></b></br> Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Numbers 5:3</a></b></br> Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Conditions</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Defiling</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Die</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Free</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-29.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">Conditions</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Defiling</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">Die</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-6.htm">Free</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-7.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-3.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">The uncleanness of men in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">The cleansing of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">The uncleanness of women in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Their cleansing</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Leviticus, uncleanness often refers to ceremonial impurity, which could result from various sources such as bodily discharges, skin diseases, or contact with dead bodies. The separation underscores the holiness required to approach God, reflecting His nature as pure and set apart. This concept of separation is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to be holy and distinct from the world (<a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>).<p><b>so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle</b><br>The tabernacle was the dwelling place of God's presence among the Israelites, a sacred space where heaven and earth met. Defiling it through uncleanness was a serious offense, as it could lead to death, highlighting the severity of approaching God in an impure state. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's holiness and the need for atonement, which is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who provides the means for believers to approach God with confidence (<a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a>).<p><b>which is among them</b><br>The presence of the tabernacle among the Israelites signifies God's desire to dwell with His people, a theme that runs throughout Scripture. This presence required the community to maintain purity and holiness. In the New Testament, this concept is expanded as believers themselves become the temple of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a>), emphasizing the ongoing need for spiritual purity and the transformative presence of God within His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were given the Law through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable dwelling place for the divine presence of God among the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader who received the Law from God and communicated it to the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uncleanness.htm">Uncleanness</a></b><br>A state of ritual impurity that could result from various physical conditions or actions, requiring purification rituals.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a></b><br>The divine presence that dwelled in the Tabernacle, symbolizing God's holiness and His covenant relationship with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>God calls His people to be distinct and separate from sin and impurity, reflecting His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin and impurity are not trivial matters; they have serious consequences, including separation from God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_tabernacle.htm">The Role of the Tabernacle</a></b><br>The Tabernacle was a physical representation of God's presence, requiring purity to approach it, much like our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_purification.htm">The Need for Purification</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites needed purification rituals, we need the cleansing power of Christ to maintain spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_community.htm">Living in Community</a></b><br>The laws of cleanliness were not just personal but communal, emphasizing the impact of individual actions on the community's spiritual health.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_lev._15_with_other_ot_laws.htm">Leviticus 15 - How do believers reconcile these purity laws with other Old Testament statutes that seemingly conflict or differ in emphasis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_cow_dung_align_with_purity_laws.htm">Ezekiel 4:12–15: How could using cow dung rather than human waste reconcile the apparent conflict with Jewish purity laws? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_acts_10_contradict_leviticus_11.htm">If Leviticus 11 is God's eternal command, why does Acts 10:9-16 appear to contradict these dietary laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_childbirth_'unclean'_in_leviticus.htm">In Leviticus 12:2, why does the text declare a mother 'unclean' immediately after childbirth if bearing children was divinely mandated (Genesis 1:28)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Thus shall ye separate.</span>--That is, according to the regulations laid down in this chapter. "Ye"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>Moses and Aaron, to whom they were conjointly addressed (see <a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,">Leviticus 15:1</a>)--are to restrain the children of Israel, lest they be punished with death when they approach the Lord in a defiled state.<p><span class= "bld">Defile my tabernacle.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">my dwelling place, </span>which can here be used, though in <a href="/leviticus/8-10.htm" title="And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.">Leviticus 8:10</a>, where it also occurs, the expression "dwelling-place" does not suit so well.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.</span> The main purpose in the laws of uncleanness is to keep first God's house and then God's people free from the danger of defilement by foul things presenting themselves freely before him and among them. These foul things, symbolizing sinful things, create a ceremonial defilement symbolizing moral defilement. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You must keep</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiz·zar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5144.htm">Strong's 5144: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hold aloof, abstain, to set apart, devote</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the children</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel {separate}</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from their uncleanness,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> </span><span class="str2">Religious impurity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that they do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">die</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמֻ֙תוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mu·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by defiling</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּטַמְּאָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṭam·mə·’ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My tabernacle</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4908.htm">Strong's 4908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence, the Tabernacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is among them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוֹכָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·ḵām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:31 Thus you shall separate the children (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>