The Meaning of Numbers 19:15 Explained

Numbers 19:15

KJV: And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

YLT: and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.

Darby: And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.

ASV: And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 19:15?

MEANING: What does Numbers 19:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 19:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 19:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And every open  vessel,  which hath no covering  bound  upon it, [is] unclean. 

What does Numbers 19:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 19:1-22 - Purification For Uncleanness
We might have expected this chapter to occur in Leviticus. Is it not incongruous in this narrative of the pilgrimage? Nay; this is the most appropriate place, since in the desert march we are more exposed to the touch of defilement, such as needs daily cleansing, lest we be shut out from fellowship with God.
The ashes of an heifer are emblematic of the work of our Lord. See Hebrews 9:13. No blemish; never a yoke; "slain without the camp," counted an unclean thing! It was easy for the Jew to contract ceremonial defilement. To walk over a grave was enough. But the ashes of the heifer mingled with spring-or running-water restored the polluted soul to the family and the Tabernacle. So as we confess our sins, we are sprinkled from an evil conscience, we are restored to unity with God and His people, and we walk in newness of life.
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 19

1  The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer
11  The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean

What do the individual words in Numbers 19:15 mean?

And every vessel open which no has cover fastened on it unclean Is
וְכֹל֙ כְּלִ֣י פָת֔וּחַ אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵין־ צָמִ֥יד פָּתִ֖יל עָלָ֑יו טָמֵ֖א הֽוּא

וְכֹל֙  And  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כְּלִ֣י  vessel 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
פָת֔וּחַ  open 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
אֵין־  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
צָמִ֥יד  has  cover 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צָמִיד 
Sense: bracelet.
פָּתִ֖יל  fastened 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פָּתִיל  
Sense: cord, thread (twisted).
עָלָ֑יו  on  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
טָמֵ֖א  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.

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