Leviticus 15:5

5 and any one who cometh against his bed doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the 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 is his uncleanness in his issue -- his flesh hath run with his issue, or his flesh hath stopped from his issue; it [is] his uncleanness.

4 `All the bed on which he lieth who hath the issue is unclean, and all the vessel on which he sitteth is unclean;

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

6 `And he who is sitting on the vessel on which he sitteth who hath the issue, doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

7 `And he who is coming against the flesh of him who hath the issue, doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean till the evening.