15 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! She shall be unclean. And if he who has the discharge spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. But when they do learn to apply God's remedy then the sanctuary is cleansed and the Spirit of God is free to release to them all the warmth of the light and life of a loving Savior. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. 18Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and (M)be unclean until evening. When he who has a discharge is cleansed: When the abnormal genital discharge ended, the man could be made ceremonially clean. 26Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. Johannine Writings She shall be set apart seven days: The womans ceremonial impurity lasted seven days. To the modern world this seems normal, but in the ancient world it was common to worship the gods by having sex with temple prostitutes. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. This was done by the individual, supported by the expectation of the culture. It can be a noun, as in the act of discharging someone from the hospital or from the military. You are of much more value to God than many sparrows" (Matthew 10:30-31, Luke 12:7). Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. There was a second type of discharge which was concerned with sexuality, Verses16-18: "And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening. So God has provided a way, a remedy. The fact that even normal and permitted sexual activity made a man ceremonially unclean was not Gods condemnation of sex. The Gospels They don't allow their conscience to be cleansed. For less than $5/mo. Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. This may or may not be taken in the general sense of the word, indicating his body. Beyond building a culture of appropriate sexual restraint, there were additional benefits to these commands. RayStedman.org/permissions. 9Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean, 10and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things(H) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: We didn't deliberately commit them. He taught them how to deal with infections and contagions. If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. And whomever the one who has the discharge touches, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: b. It would be a great mistake to judge from this passage that the Bible suggests in any way that sex in marriage is immoral or wrong. b. Therefore, this is a beautiful picture of what is to happen in our spiritual life when we become aware of having said something harsh or thoughtless or critical or unkind. i. And these discharges from life come all the time -- especially when the passions are aroused, as in anger or sex. The Spirit is the Lord of creation and so to be restored to fellowship with him is a new beginning. The third level was someone who came in contact with an object made unclean. Sign up for daily inspiration today! Here our Lord lifts this from the physical level to the level of the Spirit, on which we are to live. i. Even though they recognize that what they are going to do is wrong they will still do it. It was a powerful way to prevent an aspect of sexual and spiritual corruption common in the ancient world: ritual prostitution, often practiced at a sacred place. Though hid from sight, yet He is ever near the child of God. 44:23; [Heb. And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. The ordinary processes of life are not necessarily clean because they are natural. d. Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water: People and things made unclean on the second or third level could be purified by a ceremonial washing of the object and the person involved. He can't avoid it. 19When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period(T) will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. i. This is the law for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby, and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean.. The truly dangerous discharges are not from the physical life, you see, but from the moral life. i. It placed restrictions on them and required a ceremonial purification if and when the infection was gone. We thank you that it is available to us and we pray that we will be honest about these matters and will not merely let them go unattended. 8 " 'If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening. The command forced the obedient Israelite man or woman to say no to their sexual desires in certain situations. He desperately needs a Savior. 1. 30The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 13When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days(K) for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean. These laws were meant to have both hygienic benefits and spiritual applications; they were never intended as the way to be right with God. The exact nature of this discharge is not stated, although the most frequently suggested opinion is that it refers to gonorrhea. 29On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons(X) and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. There is no coarse or inappropriate reference here. i. First, the people of Israel could become "unclean." These laws were meant to have both hygienic benefits and spiritual applications; they were never intended as the way to be right with God. In pagan religion sexual activity among worshipers was believed to activate the gods into fertilizing the soil with rain. (Rooker). That is the effect of the water. 15 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, hWhen any man has a discharge from his body,1 his discharge is unclean. His grace, and blood, and cleansing, are always requisite, and ever ready. (Meyer). 4Every bed is [a]unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 13And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then (H)he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water; then he shall be clean. He who carries any of those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. i. All through this book you find that God's cleansing agents are always water and blood. On the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and give them to the priest. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Here we are dealing with married sex. And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. He who carries any of those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. They were offered as a sin offering and as a burnt offering. You've heard the verses read. They will pay no more attention to good moral precepts and standards than we did. Remember that God promised them when they came out of Egypt, "If you will walk in my ways, I will put none of these diseases upon you that were in Egypt" (Exodus 15:26). And they must be cleansed! The washing of the Word is the beginning of cleansing. He came to cleanse us in this two-fold way: The blood, of course, speaks of the death of Jesus on our behalf, which frees God to love us without any restraint whatsoever. Read through the Bible in 2 years: Leviticus 15 Yesterday I wrote about the Levitical laws about leprosy and Jesus healing the leper Now we come to Leviticus 15, the Levitical laws about bodily discharges and menstruation and other discharges of blood.Ugh. 26Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. If the Holy Spirit can be charged with poor taste, then what in the world is the measure of good taste? Love C.S. NIV Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. Young Christians especially are often unaware of why they start out their new lives with a joyful experience but after awhile it all seems to pall. iv. And you have said to yourself, "If God said that then he must mean it. Thus it would be an abomination to engage in sexual activity in the tabernacle precinct. (Rooker). When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean: The idea is of some obviously abnormal genital discharge, indicating some type of disease. As G. Campbell Morgan wrote, For us the way of perpetual cleansing is provided in Christ.. The Old Testament b. What should Christians learn from the Mosaic Law? If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. ii. Everything about us is of great concern to our heavenly Father. The foul heart may vitiate the most natural functions. (Meyer), iii. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ""Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean" (Leviticus 15:1-3) The general principle regarding an abnormal bodily discharge. 15Then the priest shall offer them, (J)the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. 8If he who has the discharge (F)spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The New Testament As an aspect of the law given to Israel under the Old Covenant, under the New Covenant this is no longer binding on Christians, whatever other reasons there may be for avoiding intercourse during menstruation. Mark adds this parenthesis in Verse19: "(Thus he declared all foods clean.)" Whatever she sits on shall be unclean: The womans ceremonial uncleanness could be spread to any object upon which she lay or sat. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge. 27Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. It was a powerful way to prevent an aspect of sexual and spiritual corruption common in the ancient world: ritual prostitution, often practiced at a sacred place. Luke-Acts I hadn't meant to offend. We have a tendency to think that if something is natural, it is pure. Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. For less than $5/mo. 4. i. When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean, Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, He shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, They shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening, every bed on which he lies shall be unclean, If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, She shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, When they defile My tabernacle that is among them, David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, David Guzik :: 1 Corintios 7 Principios Sobre el Matrimonio y la Soltera, David Guzik :: Colosenses 3 Despjate, Revstete, David Guzik :: 1 Juan 2 Impedimentos para una comunin con Dios, David Guzik :: 1 Samuel 16 Dios Elige a David, David Guzik :: Romanos 8 Una Nueva y Maravillosa Vida en el Espritu, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), Isaiah 50, 51, and 52 [1990s] (Chuck Missler), Philemon 1 - True Character of Christian Love (Raul Ries), Meyer, F.B. We know how it works. In Acts 15, the early Christian community properly discerned the work and will of God in the New Covenant: that under the New Covenant, the believer was not bound to these laws of ritual purity. Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. There may be dangerous food, even poisonous food, but it is not unclean in this moral sense. General Epistles This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: 4Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 32(U)This is the law for one who has a discharge, (V)and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby, 33(W)and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man (X)or woman, (Y)and for him who lies with her who is unclean. . Are we merely to ignore them? When we do then we have a sense of untroubled peace and joy. 4 Every bed on . Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness. Psalm 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: Leviticus 22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. His grace, and blood, and cleansing, are always requisite, and ever ready. (Meyer). As we have already seen, washing is always a picture of the action of the Word of God. (D) 6Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. (O) In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.(P). Bible > Leviticus > Chapter 15 > Verse 19 eBibles Free Downloads Audio Leviticus 15:19 Context Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. b. This refers to an abnormal fluid that comes out of the male sexual organ as a result of some kind of sickness. (Peter-Contesse), ii. i. They were offered as a sin offering and as a burnt offering. 17And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. Discharges Causing Uncleanness 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. Leviticus 15:3. We must bring the thought of God into the simplest, the commonest, and the most secret acts. God and His word deal with all manner of private and sexual matters but do so in an appropriate, dignified way. 25When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period(W) or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. There are two degrees of rejection described in the Old Testament. iii. Luke-Acts It deals with the normal, natural monthly menstrual flow of women and, in Verses25 and following, with abnormalities which would be caused by diseases. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible ). (Leviticus 15:16-18) Regarding a normal bodily discharge from a man. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. Wisdom Literature When this chapter speaks as it does of menstruation, of seminal emissions, of the normal discharges of elimination, there is no need for us to blush, to squirm, or to feel embarrassed. a. b. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. , Nehemiah 9:13,14 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: . If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Devious words which leave a wrong impression, thoughtless actions, foolish, prideful ways, hurtful, sharp responses -- these come without our thinking sometimes. The ordinary processes of life are not necessarily clean because they are natural. 8If the man with the discharge spits(G) on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. It is our outlook of prudishness and oversensitivity that is wrong. (1-3) The general principle regarding an abnormal bodily discharge. But you know how sometimes we can say something to an individual and the tone of our voice will convey something quite different from what the words mean. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. There is no specific washing commanded at the end of the seven days, but it was either implied or considered unnecessary. These laws, in addition to rendering the Israelites as a distinct nation, would undeniably provide a measure of good hygiene as well. (Rooker). But the water, again, represents the Word, and the water is meant for us. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. 21Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Pentateuch How much they can help us as we walk through life together! God made sex and he likes it. Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. If we do, we are in trouble. Jesus said so. In a radical way, this separated Israel from the spiritual and sexual practices of the surrounding peoples. His body is stopped up by his discharge: One way of understanding this passage is that the discharge caused by the infection may block the opening in the penis. (Peter-Contesse). What are we to do about them? As we receive from the word of God, we are being cleansed. Prophets (R) 17Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. "Our Daily Homily: Genesis-Ruth" Volume 1 (Westwood, New Jersey: Revell, 1966), Morgan, G. Campbell "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Revell, 1959), Morgan, G. Campbell "Searchlights from the Word" (New York: Revell, 1926), Peter-Contesse, Rene and Ellington, John "A Handbook on Leviticus" (New York: The United Bible Societies, 1990), Rooker, Mark F. "The New American Commentary: Leviticus" (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000). Our Lord himself made them for us, as recorded in the seventh chapter of Mark. And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. (L) 14On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons(M) and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. 16When a man has an emission of semen,(Q) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. This is the way he fulfilled that promise. But what many people do is to go on and not forgive themselves. iii. of Scripture. How they can sneak up on us and defile us, Lord, when we are not aware! (Leviticus 15:13-15) The offering regarding an abnormal bodily discharge. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. It can result ultimately, if it continues long enough, in a complete turning of the back on the faith. 29 On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: Start your free trial today! 11Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. Again, there is no implication here that there is anything morally wrong about this function. Start your free trial today! So for these kinds of discharges a very strict quarantine was imposed upon them, Verses4-12: "Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. (Leviticus 15:25-30) Unusual or abnormal bodily discharge. Notice what it is in the passages we have read: First, a person who is defiled shall bathe. Leviticus 15:2 tn The term "discharge" actually means "to flow," whether referring to a full flow as at a spring of water ( Ps 78:20 and parallels) or in reference to the promised land as "a land flowing with milk and honey" ( Exod 3:8 and parallels). 16When a man has an emission of semen,(Q) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. To touch a person engaged in a spiritual discharge of the flesh is symbolic of actively participating in that sin with them. If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days: In the case of blood discharge other than normal menstruation (either longer in duration or out of her normal menstrual cycle), a woman was also ceremonially unclean. 3And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his dischargewhether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. And our recognition of the fact that Christ has borne that penalty for us is the application to our lives of the offering of the blood. So God reminds us that even in the act of sex which results in conception there is a fallen nature involved. 6He who sits on anything on which he who has the (E)discharge sat shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 22And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water; then he shall be clean. God is constantly underscoring that for us in these offerings. 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