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Leviticus 15:23

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15:23If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on,31 when he touches it32 he will be unclean until evening,

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  1. 31 Heb “and if on the bed it (הוּא, hu’) is or on the vessel which she sits on it, when he touches it.…” The translation and meaning of this verse is a subject of much debate in the commentaries (see the summary in J. Milgrom, Leviticus [], 1:). It is difficult to determine what הוּא refers to, whether it means “he” referring to the one who does the touching, “it” for the furniture or the seat in v. 22, “she” referring to the woman herself (see היא rather than הוא), or perhaps anything that was lying on the furniture or the bed of vv. 21–22. The latter view is taken here (cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], ).
  2. 32 The accent suggest that “when he touches it” goes with the preceding line, but it seems to be better to take it as an introduction to what follows (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If discharge is on the bed or the furniture she was sitting on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening.

NLTNew Living Translation

This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And if it is on the bed or on the object on which she sits, at his touching it he becomes unclean until the evening.

KJV 1900King James Version

And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.