Leviticus 15:11-21

11 Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
12 And an 1earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 "And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then 2he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall take two 3turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.
15 And the priest shall use them, 4one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 5And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.
16 6"If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.
17 And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.
18 If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and 7be unclean until the evening.
19 "When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20 8And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
21 And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 15

This chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men, a running issue, Le 15:1-3, which defiles him, and everything he touches, or that touches him or them, Le 15:4-12; the cleansing from which is directed to, Le 15:13-15; and seed flowing from him, Le 15:16-18; in women, their ordinary courses, Le 15:19-24; or extraordinary ones, Le 15:25-27; and the law for the cleansing of them, Le 15:28-31; and a recapitulation of the whole, Le 15:32,33.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:32, 33
  • 2. ver. 28; [Leviticus 14:8]
  • 3. See Leviticus 12:8
  • 4. Leviticus 14:30, 31
  • 5. ver. 30; See Leviticus 4:26
  • 6. Leviticus 22:4; Deuteronomy 23:10
  • 7. [1 Samuel 21:4]
  • 8. See ver. 4-10
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