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Every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
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Garments Spotted by the Flesh
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) highlight a direct connection between this verse and Jude 1:23. The physical act of washing a defiled garment served as a powerful illustration for later New Testament writers. It symbolizes a Christian's duty to hate even the slightest association with sin, just as one would cleanse a garment stained by impurity.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Most of the ancient religions made a similar recognition of impurity and of the need of purification (Leviticus 15:17).
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19th Century
Anglican
And every skin. —That is, everything which a man wears or lies on made of skin, in contrast to the ordinary garments made of fabri…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And every garment, and every skin Or that is made of skin, which a man wears, or lies upon, see ([Reference Leviticu…
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