Leviticus 15:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑ם וְלֹ֤א יָמֻ֙תוּ֙ בְּטֻמְאָתָ֔ם בְּטַמְּאָ֥ם אֶת־מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wĕhizzartĕm ʾet-bĕnê-Yiśrāʾēl from miṭṭumʾātām and not yāmutû in bĕṭumʾātām in bĕṭammĕʾām ʾet-miškānî which bĕtôkām

Grammar Details

• *wĕhizzartĕm*: waw-consecutive + hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall separate
• *ʾet-bĕnê*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *miṭṭumʾātām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their uncleanness
• *yāmutû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will die
• *bĕṭumʾātām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their uncleanness
• *bĕṭammĕʾām*: preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their defiling
• *miškānî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my tabernacle
• *bĕtôkām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their midst

Word Meanings

• *wĕhizzartĕm*: shall separate/shall warn/shall caution
• *miṭṭumʾātām*: from their uncleanness/from their impurity
• *miškānî*: my tabernacle/my dwelling place/my sanctuary

Referenced Verses

• Num 5:3 : 3 both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
• Num 19:13 : 13 Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
• Num 19:20 : 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
• Ezek 5:11 : 11 Wherefore, 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, and I also will have no pity.
• Ezek 23:38 : 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
• Ezek 44:5-7 : 5 And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and 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 entrance of the house, with every egress of the sanctuary. 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, 7 in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] unto all your abominations.
• Ezek 44:23 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
• Dan 9:27 : 27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations [shall come] one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out upon the desolate.
• 1 Cor 3:17 : 17 If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 12:14-15 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master {G2316} and {G2257} Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Deut 24:8 : 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
• Ps 66:18 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
• Lev 11:47 : 47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.
• Lev 13:59 : 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
• Lev 19:30 : 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.
• Lev 20:3 : 3 I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
• Lev 21:23 : 23 only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.