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Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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A Consistent Principle

Commentators like Charles Ellicott and John Gill note that this verse is not introducing a new concept but is repeating the same regulations about impurity through contact that were established earlier in the chapter. This highlights the consistency of the purity laws.

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Leviticus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 15:21–22

19th Century

Bishop

And whoever touches her bed. —The regulations in these three verses are the same as those laid down in Leviticus 15:4-6.

John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 15:22

17th Century

Pastor

And whosoever touches anything that she sat upon
Which was appropriated to her to sit upon, as the Targum of Jonatha…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Leviticus 15:1–33

17th Century

Minister

We need not be overly meticulous in explaining these laws; but we have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, n…