Leviticus 15:1-7

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

2 Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his member, his discharge makes him ceremonially unclean.

3 The uncleanness of his discharge is this: whether his member flows with his discharge, or his member is stopped from discharging, it is uncleanness for him.

4 Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

5 Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

6 All who sit on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

7 All who touch the body of the one with the discharge shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb [flesh]
• [b]. Heb [flesh]
• [c]. Heb [flesh]