Leviticus 15:1-6

1 ADONAI said to Moshe and Aharon,

2 "Tell the people of Isra'el, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, the discharge is unclean.

3 The discharge is unclean no matter whether it continues flowing or has stopped; it is still his uncleanness.

4 Every bed which the person with the discharge lies on is unclean, and everything he sits on is unclean.

5 Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

6 Whoever sits on anything the person with the discharge sat on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:1-6 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.