Leviticus 15:5

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“Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.”

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“Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.”

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KJVPD

“And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.”

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“And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.”

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“and any one who cometh against his bed doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 15:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
  2. Leviticus 11:25and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
  3. Leviticus 11:28and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
  4. Leviticus 11:32When 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.
  5. Leviticus 13:6The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
  6. Leviticus 13:34On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
  7. Leviticus 14:8The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
  8. Leviticus 14:27and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
  9. Leviticus 14:46Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.
  10. Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
  11. Leviticus 16:26The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
  12. Leviticus 16:28The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
  13. Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
  14. Numbers 19:10The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
  15. Numbers 19:22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
  16. Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
  17. Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
  18. Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  19. Isaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
  20. Isaiah 22:14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  21. Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  22. Ezekiel 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
  23. Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  24. Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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