Numbers - 19:15



15 Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.

Verse In-Depth

Explanation and meaning of Numbers 19:15.

Differing Translations

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The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean.
and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.
And every open vessel without a cover fixed on it will be unclean.
The vessel that has no cover or binding over it shall be unclean.
Omne item vas apertum super quo non fuerit operculum adjectum, immundum est.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And every open vessel,.... An earthen one, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Jarchi interprets it; and Maimonides (r) observes, that this is only to be understood of an earthen vessel:
which hath no covering bound upon it; a linen or a woollen cloth wrapped and tied about it:
is unclean; the air of the house getting into it by its being uncovered.
(r) In Misn. Cholin, c. 1. sect. 6.

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