Leviticus 15:2

Overview - Leviticus 15
The uncleanness of men in their issues.
13 The cleansing of them.
19 The uncleanness of women in their issues.
28 Their cleansing.
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Leviticus 15:2  (King James Version)
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.
 


unto the
Deuteronomy 4:7 Deuteronomy 4:8 ; Nehemiah 9:13 Nehemiah 9:14 ; Psalms 78:5 ; Psalms 147:19 Psalms 147:20 Romans 3:2

when any man
It is not necessary to consider particularly the laws contained in this chapter, the letter of the text being in general sufficiently plain. It may, however, be observed, that from the pains which persons rendered unclean were obliged to take, the ablutions and separations which they must observe, and the privations to which they must in consequence be exposed, in the way of commerce, traffic, etc., these laws were admirably adapted to prevent contagion of every kind, by keeping the whole from the diseased, and to hinder licentious indulgences and excesses of every description.
22:4 Numbers 5:2 ; 2 Samuel 3:29 ; Matthew 9:20 ; Mark 5:25 ; 7:20-23 Luke 8:43

running issue
or, running of the reins.