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Selected Verse: Leviticus 15:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 15:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And the vessel [03627] of earth [02789], that he toucheth [05060] which hath the issue [02100], shall be broken [07665]: and every vessel [03627] of wood [06086] shall be rinsed [07857] in water [04325]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Vessels that he had touched were to be broken to pieces if they were of earthenware, and rinsed with water if they were of wood, for the reasons explained in Lev 11:33 and Lev 6:21. |
21 In a pan [04227] it shall be made [06213] with oil [08081]; and when it is baken [07246], thou shalt bring [0935] it in: and the baken [08601] pieces [06595] of the meat offering [04503] shalt thou offer [07126] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
33 And every earthen [02789] vessel [03627], whereinto any of them falleth [05307] [08432], whatsoever is in it shall be unclean [02930]; and ye shall break [07665] it.