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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />An earthenware container that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden container shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Any clay pot that he touches must be destroyed, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken, and any wooden bucket he touches must be rinsed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The earthen vessel that the person with the discharge touches is to be broken in pieces, and every wooden vessel is to be rinsed with water."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the vessel of earth that he toucheth who hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharging comes against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the earthen vessel which he who hath the issue cometh against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the vessel of earthen which he flowing shall touch upon it, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be washed in water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if a vessel of wood, if shall be washed with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If he has touched an earthen vessel, it shall be broken. But if it is a wooden vessel, it shall be washed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Earthenware touched by the man with the discharge shall be broken; and every wooden article shall be rinsed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel which he touched who has the discharge shall be broken; and every vessel of wood or of brass shall be washed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a vessel of a potter that touches him who has a discharge will be broken and every garment of wood or of brass shall be washed in water.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-12.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=4008" 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 Uncleanness of Men</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2789.htm" title="2789: ḥe·reś (N-ms) -- Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd. A collateral form mediating between cherec and cheresh; a piece of pottery.">Any clay</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: ū·ḵə·lî- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">pot</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: haz·zāḇ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">the man with the discharge</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: yig·ga‘- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: yiš·šā·ḇêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">must be broken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and any</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">wooden</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lî- (N-msc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">utensil</a> <a href="/hebrew/7857.htm" title="7857: yiš·šā·ṭêp̄ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To overflow, rinse or wash off. A primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer.">must be rinsed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: bam·mā·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">with water.</a> </span><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/19-15.htm">Numbers 19:15</a></span><br />and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a></span><br />Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-21.htm">Numbers 19:21-22</a></span><br />This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. / Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10-11</a></span><br />If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<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="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-11.htm">Haggai 2:11-13</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling. / If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests. / So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-26</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Mark 7:3-4</a></span><br />Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. / And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Mark 7:8</a></span><br />You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39-41</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-6.htm">John 2:6</a></span><br />Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a></span><br />“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Acts 11:9</a></span><br />But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.</p><p class="hdg">vessel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm">Leviticus 6:28</a></b></br> But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Leviticus 11:32,33</a></b></br> And upon whatsoever <i>any</i> of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether <i>it be</i> any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel <i>it be</i>, wherein <i>any</i> work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm">Proverbs 1:21,23</a></b></br> She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, <i>saying</i>, … </p><p class="hdg">shall be broken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a></b></br> Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Article</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Clay</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Earthen</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Earthenware</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-9.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">However</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Pot</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Rinsed</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-4.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-6.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-52.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Wooden</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Article</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/numbers/5-17.htm">Clay</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/numbers/5-17.htm">Earthen</a> <a href="/numbers/5-17.htm">Earthenware</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">However</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/numbers/5-17.htm">Pot</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">Rinsed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-23.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Water</a> <a href="/numbers/13-20.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Wooden</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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The instruction to break a clay pot touched by a man with a discharge reflects the importance of maintaining ritual purity. Clay, being porous, could absorb impurities, making it impossible to cleanse thoroughly. This requirement underscores the seriousness of ritual impurity and the need for separation from anything that could defile the community. The breaking of the pot symbolizes the complete removal of impurity, aligning with the broader Levitical theme of holiness and separation from sin. This can be seen as a type of the ultimate cleansing and purification that Jesus Christ provides, as He is the one who purifies us from all unrighteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>).<p><b>and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water</b><br>Unlike clay, wood is non-porous and can be cleansed effectively with water. The act of rinsing signifies purification and restoration to a state of cleanliness. Water is a recurring symbol of purification in the Bible, representing the cleansing power of God’s Word and Spirit (<a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a>). This practice reflects the broader biblical principle that while some impurities require complete destruction, others can be cleansed and restored. The use of water here prefigures the cleansing work of Christ, who offers living water that purifies and renews (<a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10</a>, <a href="/john/7-38.htm">John 7:38</a>). The distinction between breaking and rinsing highlights the varying degrees of impurity and the appropriate responses to each, emphasizing God's provision for restoration and holiness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man_with_the_discharge.htm">The Man with the Discharge</a></b><br>This refers to an individual experiencing a bodily discharge, which rendered him ceremonially unclean according to the Levitical law.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/clay_pot.htm">Clay Pot</a></b><br>A common household item in ancient Israel, made from earthen materials, which could absorb impurities and thus needed to be destroyed if contaminated.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wooden_utensil.htm">Wooden Utensil</a></b><br>Another household item, which unlike clay, could be cleansed and reused after proper washing.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/ceremonial_cleansing.htm">Ceremonial Cleansing</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Leviticus 15</a> involves laws about ritual purity and the necessary steps to restore cleanliness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The laws were given to the Israelites to maintain holiness and purity within the community, reflecting God's standards.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus highlight the importance of purity and the separation from anything that defiles. This reflects God's holiness and the need for His people to be set apart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a></b><br>The breaking of the clay pot and the washing of the wooden utensil symbolize the need for thorough cleansing from sin. In Christ, we find the ultimate cleansing from spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_holiness.htm">Practical Holiness</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were called to maintain physical cleanliness, Christians are called to pursue spiritual holiness, avoiding anything that might contaminate their walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The laws served to protect the community from impurity. Similarly, believers are called to encourage one another in maintaining purity and holiness.<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/what_does_'jesus_as_god's_wisdom'_mean.htm">What are the main rules of Kosher dietary laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_unleavened_bread.htm">What is unleavened bread?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_laws_in_the_covenant_code.htm">What does leaven symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_numbers_33_52-53_with_justice.htm">Numbers 33:52-53: How can a mandate to drive out entire populations and destroy their religious symbols be reconciled with other biblical passages promoting justice and compassion?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">And the vessel of earth . . . shall be broken.</span>--For the reason why vessels of a porous clay must be destroyed when contaminated by defilement, see <a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm" title="But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.">Leviticus 6:28</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm" title="And every earthen vessel, into where any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it.">Leviticus 11:33</a>. This, however, is the only instance where an earthen vessel touched on the outside was defiled, thus again showing the intense loathing with which the guilt of this kind of infirmity was regarded.<p><span class= "bld">Every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.</span>--As these kinds of vessels were both more expensive and more difficult to restore, the Law, which so frequently takes into consideration the circumstances of the people, mercifully spares the more costly utensils. These are to undergo the same baptism as human beings. The administrators of the law during the second Temple took the expression "wood" in a more generic sense, as denoting more enduring material than clay; hence they included vessels made of copper, brass, silver, &c. With regard to the manner in which the vessels thus polluted are to be immersed, they ordained that if the utensil is dipped with its mouth downward, or if the vessel, at the time of its immersion, contains any liquor except water, the baptism is illegal. They, moreover, ordained that all new vessels which are purchased, or otherwise acquired, must likewise be immersed, for fear lest the maker, or some of those who have handled them prior to the purchase, might have been in a state of defilement. Hence the orthodox Jews to this day literally baptize cups, plates, knives, forks, or any new utensil which they buy. It is to this law that Christ refers when He says, "And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing [literally, <span class= "ital">the baptism</span>] of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables," or, as the Margin has it more correctly, "beds," or <span class= "ital">couches </span>(<a href="/mark/7-4.htm" title="And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables.">Mark 7:4</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-12.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">Any clay</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֛רֶשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2789.htm">Strong's 2789: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pot</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</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">the man with the discharge</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזָּ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">touches</span><br /><span class="heb">יִגַּע־</span> <span class="translit">(yig·ga‘-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be broken,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·šā·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and any</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wooden</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֔ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">utensil</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be rinsed</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·šā·ṭêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7857.htm">Strong's 7857: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with water.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-12.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:12 The earthen vessel which he who has (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:13" /></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>