Leviticus 14:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

seventh day. He was clean on the first day, now he enters into the enjoyment of it himself.

wash his flesh in water. bathe his body. Flesh put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for his body, as in Ecclesiastes 2:3.Isaiah 10:8; Ezekiel 10:12. Occurs eight times in Leviticus (Leviticus 14:9; Leviticus 15:13; Leviticus 15:16; Leviticus 16:4; Leviticus 16:24; Leviticus 16:26; Leviticus 16:28; Leviticus 22:6), and is rendered in three different ways in Authorized Version. But. peculiar ritual phrase should obviously be rendered by the same English phrase. This is to be distinguished from "himself" in Leviticus 14:8; Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 15:6; Leviticus 15:7; Leviticus 15:8; Leviticus 15:10; Leviticus 15:11; Leviticus 15:16; Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 15:21; Leviticus 15:22; Leviticus 15:27; Leviticus 17:16.

Leviticus 14:9

9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.