Leviticus 15:1-11

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.

3 This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.

4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.

5 So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

6 If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

7 If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

8 If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

9 Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.

10 If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

11 If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:1-11 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.