Leviticus 15:5

5 And anyone who touches his bed must wash his garments and shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 15:5

And whosoever toucheth his bed
Is unclean. According to the Misnah ^F24, a bed defiles a man seven ways, so as to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning, and by touching, and by bearing:

shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water;
in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan:

and be unclean until the even;
be unfit for conversation with other men till the even, though both his body and clothes are washed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)

Leviticus 15:5 In-Context

3 And this becomes his uncleanness in his fluid discharge: [whether] his body secretes his fluid discharge or his body blocks his fluid discharge, it [is] his uncleanness.

4 Any bed upon which the person who discharges lies down becomes unclean, and any object upon which he sits becomes unclean.

5 And anyone who touches his bed must wash his garments and shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

6 And the person who sits on the object upon which the person who discharges has sat must wash his garments, and he shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

7 And the person who touches the body of the person who discharges must wash his garments, and he shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "bathe"
• [b] The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation