Leviticus 15:1-7

1 The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations

2 for the people of Israel. When any man has a discharge from his penis, the discharge is unclean,

3 whether the penis runs with it or is stopped up by it.

4 Any bed on which he sits or lies is unclean.

5 Anyone who touches his bed

6 or sits on anything the man has sat on must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.

7 Anyone who touches the man with the discharge must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:1-7 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.