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Leviticus 15

Lev. 15:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus shall yen separate
nazar (Hebrew #5144)
to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote
KJV usage: consecrate, separate(-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
from their uncleanness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
; that they die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
not in their uncleanness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
, when theyo defile
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
my tabernacle
mishkan (Hebrew #4908)
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV usage: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: mish-kawn'
Origin: from 7931
that is among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
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Lev. 11:47• 47{i}to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.{/i} (Lev. 11:47)
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Ezek. 44:23• 23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezek. 44:23)
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Heb. 12:15• 15looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] many be defiled; (Heb. 12:15)
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Lev. 19:30• 30Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:30)
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Lev. 21:23• 23Only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar, for he hath a defect; that he profane not my holy things ; for I Jehovah sanctify them. (Lev. 21:23)
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Num. 5:3• 3{i}both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.{/i} (Num. 5:3)
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Num. 19:13,20• 13{i}Whoever toucheth a dead person, the dead body of a man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; for the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him: he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him{/i}.
 20{i}And the man that is unclean, and doth not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, for he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled on him: he is unclean.{/i} (Num. 19:13,20)
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Ezek. 5:11• 11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. (Ezek. 5:11)
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Ezek. 23:38• 38{i}Moreover this have they done unto me: in the same day have they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.{/i} (Ezek. 23:38)
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Ezek. 44:5‑7• 5And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, mark well; behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof. And mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
 6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Let it suffice you of your abominations, {i}O ye house of Israel,{/i}
 7in that ye have brought children of a stranger, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat, and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, because of all your abominations. (Ezek. 44:5‑7)
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Dan. 9:27• 27He shall confirm covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the wing of abominations, [there shall be] a desolator, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:27)
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1 Cor. 3:17• 17If anyone destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, the which ye are. (1 Cor. 3:17)

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Israel,
The Tabernacle,
Uncleanness

Cross References

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Thus shall.
Lev. 11:47• 47{i}to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.{/i} (Lev. 11:47)
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Lev. 13:59• 59This [is] the law of the sore of leprosy in raiment of wool or linen, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean. (Lev. 13:59)
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Num. 5:3• 3{i}both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.{/i} (Num. 5:3)
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Deut. 24:8• 8{i}Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou take great heed, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them shall ye take heed to do.{/i} (Deut. 24:8)
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Psa. 66:18• 18If I had regarded iniquity in my heart,{HR}The Lord would not hear. (Psa. 66:18)
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Ezek. 44:23• 23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezek. 44:23)
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Heb. 10:29• 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:29)
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Heb. 12:14‑15• 14Pursue peace with all, and holiness apart from which no one shall see the Lord,
 15looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] many be defiled; (Heb. 12:14‑15)
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Jude 4• 4For certain men have crept in unawares. They, who before of old were ordained to this sentence, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)
that they.
Lev. 19:30• 30Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:30)
;
Lev. 21:23• 23Only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar, for he hath a defect; that he profane not my holy things ; for I Jehovah sanctify them. (Lev. 21:23)
;
Num. 5:3• 3{i}both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.{/i} (Num. 5:3)
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Num. 19:13,20• 13{i}Whoever toucheth a dead person, the dead body of a man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; for the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him: he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him{/i}.
 20{i}And the man that is unclean, and doth not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, for he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled on him: he is unclean.{/i} (Num. 19:13,20)
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Ezek. 5:11• 11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. (Ezek. 5:11)
;
Ezek. 23:38• 38{i}Moreover this have they done unto me: in the same day have they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.{/i} (Ezek. 23:38)
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Ezek. 44:5‑7• 5And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, mark well; behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof. And mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
 6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Let it suffice you of your abominations, {i}O ye house of Israel,{/i}
 7in that ye have brought children of a stranger, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat, and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, because of all your abominations. (Ezek. 44:5‑7)
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Dan. 9:27• 27He shall confirm covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the wing of abominations, [there shall be] a desolator, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:27)
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1 Cor. 3:17• 17If anyone destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, the which ye are. (1 Cor. 3:17)
These laws were principally intended to impress the minds of the Israelites with reverence for the sanctuary; and, on the one hand, to shew them what need they had of circumspection, and purity of heart and life, in order to worship the holy God with acceptance; and, on the other hand, that being sinners in a world full of temptations and defilements, they would continually need forgiveness, through the great atonement typified by all the sacrifices, and the sanctification of the Spirit, showed forth by all the purifications.
While they were encamped in the desert, it would not be very burdensome to bring the prescribed oblations; but after they were settled in Canaan, many of them at a great distance from the tabernacle, this would become much more difficult.
We may, however, observe, continues Mr. Scott, that many of the cases stated only required such washings as might any where be performed, and that those, respecting which sacrifices were appointed, would more rarely occur.
We may also suppose, that provided these were brought, when the person who had been unclean first came to the sanctuary, it would suffice: though distance or other hindrances prevented its being done immediately, at the expiration of the seven days.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.