Leviticus 15 Footnotes

15:1-33 All the impurities dealt with in this chapter threatened the purity of the sanctuary (v. 31). They are discharges resulting from illness or infection in addition to menstruation and seminal emissions. While these regulations may have involved personal hygiene, their main concern is the holiness of the worshiper.

15:32-33 Good sexual hygiene may increase the fertility of both males and females. The primary purpose of these laws, however, was to make Israel holy and to prevent intermarriage with groups who were not worshipers of the Lord.