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Leviticus 15:5

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And whosoever toucheth his bed,.... Is unclean. According to the Misnah , 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.

Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.

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