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Leviticus 15
33 verses with commentary
Male Bodily Discharges
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, offering sacrifices and maintaining the tabernacle. This prefigured Ch...
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XV.
(1) **And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron.**—This chapter, which lays down the laws of uncleanness arising from issues, discusses two diseased and three natural secretions.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. running: or, running of the reins
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<strong>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to ...
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(2) **A running issue out of his flesh.**—Flesh, as is frequently the case, euphemistically denotes private parts. (See Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 16:4; Ezekiel 16:26; Ezekiel 23:20, &c.)
**Because of his issue** **he is unclean.**—Better, *his issue is unclean. *Hence, any one coming in contact with it, or with the garment on which traces of the secretion are found, is t...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
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<strong>And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Isr...
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(3) **Whether his flesh run.**—This verse defines more minutely the statement in the preceding verse.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. thing: Heb. vessel
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<strong>Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean ...
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(4) **Every bed, whereon he lieth.**—So severely did the canonical law deal with these cases that they interpreted the defilement communicated to the bed, and hence also to his seat and saddle, by the patient in five different ways: by standing, sitting, lying, hanging, or leaning on it. The patient’s polluting power is so great that even if the bed, seat, or saddle is under a stone, he defiles it...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean an...
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(5, 6) **And whosoever toucheth his bed.**—The defiling power of the patient was so great that the bed, seat, or saddle which he rendered unclean by any of the above-named five acts polluted again any one who came in contact with these articles in seven different ways: by standing, sitting, lying, hanging, leaning, touching, or bearing them. The person thus polluted had to remain in this condition...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught I...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to d...
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(7) **And he that toucheth the flesh.**—With such intense loathing was the person regarded who had contracted this infirmity, that even the medical man who had professionally to examine him became defiled for the rest of the day. He had to wash his clothes and immerse the whole of his body in water before he could be admitted into the enjoyment of his own sacred privileges.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Is...
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(8) **If he **. . . **spit upon him.**—Spitting in the face of a person was, and still is, commonly resorted to among Oriental nations as an expression of insult and contempt (Numbers 12:14; Deuteronomy 25:9; Isaiah 1:6; Job 30:10; Matthew 26:67, &c.). Suffering from the disease here discussed, the patient would naturally be more irritable, and hence be liable to give vent more frequently to this ...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
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<strong>And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean and unclean, holy and common, training t...
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(9) **And what saddle soever.**—Better, *and any carriage. *The word here translated “saddle” only occurs twice more: viz., 1Kings 5:6 in Hebrew, or Leviticus 4:26 in English, where it is rendered “chariot” in the Authorised Version, and in Song of Solomon 3:10, where it is translated “covering” but where it manifestly denotes the seat inside the palanquin. With the feminine termination the word i...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence r...
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(10) **And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him.**—That is, the seat in the palanquin on which the passenger sits. If touched by any one after the man with the issue has sat on it, he contracts defilement till sundown.
**And he that beareth any of those things.**—Better, *And he that beareth them. *That is, whoso carries the palanquin, with the patient in it, from one place to another, ...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritu...
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(11) **And hath not rinsed his hands in water.**—**If **the patient happens to touch any one with his hands without having first washed his hands, the man who has thus been touched by the unwashen hands of the defiled invalid contracts pollution till sundown of the day on which he has been touched. He has to wash his clothes and immerse his whole body in water before he can partake of the privileg...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
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<strong>And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Christ's sa...
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(12) **And the vessel of earth . . . shall be broken.**—For the reason why vessels of a porous clay must be destroyed when contaminated by defilement, see Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:33. This, however, is the only instance where an earthen vessel touched on the outside was defiled, thus again showing the intense loathing with which the guilt of this kind of infirmity was regarded.
**Every vessel ...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
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<strong>And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires r...
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(13) **And when he . . . is cleansed of his issue.**—That is, recovered or healed of his infirmity (see Leviticus 15:28), as the real purification was not accomplished till he had performed the ritual prescribed in this and in the two following verses. He is, however, not to perform these rites as soon as he finds that the issue has ceased, but has to wait seven clear days, so as to afford suffici...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
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<strong>And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual pu...
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(14) **And on the eighth day he shall take to him.**—If after the bathing on the eve of the seventh day no sign of the infirmity is seen, he is to bring on the eighth day the appointed sacrifices. It is very striking that whilst in other cases it was only the poor who, out of consideration, were allowed two turtledoves or two young pigeons (see Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 12:8; Leviticus 14:22), in t...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.
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<strong>And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>The...
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(15) **And the priest shall make an atonement.**—That is, for the sinful act which has brought about the infirmity. The severity with which people were treated who had contracted this disease may further be seen from the fact that they had to remain without the camp (Numbers 5:1-4). During the second Temple they were debarred from partaking of the Paschal meal, and were banished from the precincts...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish bet...
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(16) **And if any man’s seed.**—The second case, discussed in this and the following verses, is that of an involuntary emission, as in Deuteronomy 23:10. The man who sustained it had simply to immerse his whole body in water the following morning, and remain unclean till sundown. Similar rites were performed by the ancients under the same circumstances. Thus the Egyptian priests when they were def...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish b...
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(17) **And every skin.**—That is, everything which a man wears or lies upon made of skin, in contradistinction to the ordinary garments made of stuffs (see Leviticus 13:48) with which it is associated. Any one of these thus defiled was cleansed by washing. It is from this circumstance that the apostle borrows the expression “hating even the garments spotted by the flesh” (Jude 1:23).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to dist...
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(18) **The woman also with whom man shall lie.**—Better, *And if a man lie with a woman, *that is, even when what is specified in Leviticus 15:16 takes place in intercourse between man and woman lawfully married, it pollutes both the husband and the wife. They have accordingly both to immerse their whole bodies, and remain unclean till sundown, and were debarred from the privileges of the sanctuar...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
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And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. put: Heb. in her separation
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<strong>And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity la...
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(19) **And if a woman have an issue.**—Having legislated for cases in connection with man—as well as for one case in which both the husband and the wife are concerned, the Law now lays down directions for two cases affecting the woman.
**And her issue in her flesh be blood.**—Better, *if her issue, *&c. This clause defines the preceding one, stating more minutely what the issue consists of and pro...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
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<strong>And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish b...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean an...
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(21-22) **And whosoever toucheth her bed.**—The regulations in these three verses are the same as those laid down in Leviticus 15:4-6.
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distingu...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between cle...
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(23) **And if it be on her bed.**—Better, *and if any object be on her bed, *that is, if anything happen to lie on her bed.
**When he toucheth it.**—Rather, *if he toucheth it. *Whilst the former two verses declare that if any one touches the bed itself, or the thing on which she sat, he contracts such a degree of defilement that he must wash his clothes, bathe his whole body, and remain in a stat...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
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<strong>And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Isra...
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(24) **And if any man lie with her.**—For committing this gross act presumptuously, both parties to it were visited with death. (See Leviticus 18:19; Leviticus 20:18.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
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<strong>And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that...
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(25) **Have an issue . . . many days.**—The last case is that of a chronic issue, arising from a derangement in the constitution. This is the kind of complaint from which the woman suffered who came to Christ (Matthew 9:20; Luke 8:44). As long as she suffered from it, which lasted sometimes for many years, she defiled and was defiling in the same way as in her menses.
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
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<strong>Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual pur...
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(26, 27) **Every bed whereon she lieth.**—The rules here laid down about her defilement and defiling are the same as those in Leviticus 15:20-22.
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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<strong>And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to d...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
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<strong>But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean...
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(28) **But if she be cleansed.**—That is, cured or healed of her infirmity. The expression “cleansed” is used both here and in Leviticus 15:13 for the disappearance of the complaint. From the time of its cessation she is to count seven days, during which no trace of the complaint must be observable, just as in the case of the less innocent disorder. (See Leviticus 15:13.)
**After that she shall be...
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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<strong>And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>The Aaronic pr...
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(29) **She shall take unto her . . . —**On the eighth day she is to bring the same sacrifices which are prescribed for the man who is cured of an issue (see Leviticus 15:14), only that in the latter case the man had to be bathed in living water, because he brought the illness upon himself.
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**9-37. if the rising be white--**This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly p...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
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<strong>And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purit...
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(30) **And the priest shall offer.—**Exactly in the same manner as described in Leviticus 15:15.
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**38-39. If a man ... or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots--**This modification of the leprosy is distinguished by a dull white color, and it is entirely a cutaneous disorder, never injuring the constitution. It is described as not penetrating below the skin of the flesh and as not rendering necessary an exclusion from society. It is evident, then, that this common form of lepro...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →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 among them.
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<strong>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 among them.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity law...
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(31) **Thus shall ye separate.**—That is, according to the regulations laid down in this chapter. “Ye”—*i.e., *Moses and Aaron, to whom they were conjointly addressed (see Leviticus 15:1)—are to restrain the children of Israel, lest they be punished with death when they approach the Lord in a defiled state.
**Defile my tabernacle.**—Better, *my dwelling place, *which can here be used, though in Le...
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**38-39. If a man ... or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots--**This modification of the leprosy is distinguished by a dull white color, and it is entirely a cutaneous disorder, never injuring the constitution. It is described as not penetrating below the skin of the flesh and as not rendering necessary an exclusion from society. It is evident, then, that this common form of lepro...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
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<strong>This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is ...
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(32, 33) **This is the law.**—These two verses give a summary of the contents of the chapter. In the recapitulation, however, as we have already seen, the order of the enactments is not strictly adhered to.
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**40-41. bald ... forehead bald--**The falling off of the hair, when the baldness commences in the back part of the head, is another symptom which creates a suspicion of leprosy. But it was not of itself a decisive sign unless taken in connection with other tokens, such as a "sore of a reddish white color" [Le 13:43]. The Hebrews as well as other Orientals were accustomed to distinguish between th...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
Read full commentary →And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
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<strong>And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Bodily Discharges</strong>. Laws concerning various bodily discharges, emphasizing that approaching God's holy presence requires ritual purity.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Isr...
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**40-41. bald ... forehead bald--**The falling off of the hair, when the baldness commences in the back part of the head, is another symptom which creates a suspicion of leprosy. But it was not of itself a decisive sign unless taken in connection with other tokens, such as a "sore of a reddish white color" [Le 13:43]. The Hebrews as well as other Orientals were accustomed to distinguish between th...
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Chapter 15
Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness.
--We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, ...
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