Leviticus 15:12
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New International Version (©2011)
"'A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water."

International Standard Version (©2012)
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."

NET Bible (©2006)
A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken, and any wooden bucket he touches must be rinsed.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the discharge, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if a vessel of wood, if shall be washed with water.

Darby Bible Translation
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth who hath the flux shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

English Revised Version
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
"'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Young's Literal Translation
'And the earthen vessel which he who hath the issue cometh against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:1-33 Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. - We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, and the great gospel privileges of the application of Christ's blood to our souls for our justification, and his grace for our sanctification.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the vessel of earth that he toucheth which hath an issue shall be broken,.... That it might not be made use of afterwards; which was ordered, that they might be careful what they touched who were in such circumstances: according to Gersom an earthen vessel received no uncleanness but from the middle, though he owns the law does not distinguish between the middle and the outside; wherefore Jarchi is of opinion, that if the back or outside of it was touched, it was unclean, and to be broken:

and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water; and after that be used: what should be the reason why an earthen vessel defiled by touching should be broken, and a wooden vessel defiled in the same way should not, but be rinsed and cleansed, when an earthen vessel might as well be rinsed and fit for use as that, is not easy to say; it depended upon the will of the lawgiver: according to Ainsworth, the one may signify the destruction of reprobate persons, the other the cleansing of penitent sinners.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

12. the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken—It is thought that the pottery of the Israelites, like the earthenware jars in which the Egyptians kept their water, was unglazed and consequently porous, and that it was its porousness which, rendering it extremely liable to imbibe small particles of impure matter, was the reason why the vessel touched by an unclean person was ordered to be broken.

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The Uncleanness of Men
…10And whoever touches any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11And whomsoever he touches that has the issue, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Leviticus 6:28 The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
Leviticus 11:32 When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.
Leviticus 11:33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.
Leviticus 15:11 "'Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.