Leviticus 15:12
New International Version
“’A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

New American Standard Bible
However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

NASB 1995
‘However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

NASB 1977
‘However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

Legacy Standard Bible
However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

Amplified Bible
An earthenware container that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden container shall be rinsed in water.

Christian Standard Bible
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil must be rinsed with 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Contemporary English Version
Any clay pot that he touches must be destroyed, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.

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.

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.

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

Good News Translation
Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.

International Standard Version
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."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Literal Standard Version
And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharging comes against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.

Majority Standard Bible
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

New American Bible
Earthenware touched by the man with the discharge shall be broken; and every wooden article shall be rinsed with water.

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

New Revised Standard Version
Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

New Heart 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.

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.

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Context
The Uncleanness of Men
11If 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. 12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

Cross References
Leviticus 6:28
The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

Leviticus 11:32
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

Leviticus 11:33
If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

Leviticus 15:11
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

vessel

Leviticus 6:28
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.

Leviticus 11:32,33
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed…

Proverbs 1:21,23
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, …

shall be broken

Psalm 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

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Leviticus 15
1. The uncleanness of men in their issues
13. The cleansing of them
19. The uncleanness of women in their issues
28. Their cleansing














(12) And the vessel of earth . . . shall be broken.--For the reason why vessels of a porous clay must be destroyed when contaminated by defilement, see Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:33. 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.

Every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.--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, the baptism] of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables," or, as the Margin has it more correctly, "beds," or couches (Mark 7:4).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Any clay
חֶ֛רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd

pot
וּכְלִי־ (ū·ḵə·lî-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the man with the discharge
הַזָּ֖ב (haz·zāḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

touches
יִגַּע־ (yig·ga‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

must be broken,
יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר (yiš·šā·ḇêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

and any
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

wooden
עֵ֔ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

utensil
כְּלִי־ (kə·lî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

must be rinsed
יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף (yiš·šā·ṭêp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer

with water.
בַּמָּֽיִם׃ (bam·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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