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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the law of him that hath an issue, and <i>of him</i> whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the law for one who has a discharge, and <i>for him</i> who emits semen and is unclean thereby,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is the law for the one who has a discharge and for the one who has a seminal emission, so that he is unclean by it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"These are the instructions for any man who has a discharge or an emission of semen that makes him unclean,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These are the regulations about a man who has a discharge or an emission of semen, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the regulations for one whose discharge of semen causes him to become unclean because of it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission and becomes unclean by it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and he is defiled therewith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean by it; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />This [is] the law of him who has the discharging, and of him whose seed [from] intercourse goes out from him, to become unclean with it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This is the law of him who hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth out from him, for uncleanness thereby,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This the law of him flowing, and of whom the effusion of seed shall go forth from him, to be defiled in it:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the ritual for the man with a discharge, or who has an emission of semen, and thereby becomes unclean;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This law shall be for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen and is defiled therewith;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />This is the Written Law to him who has an emission and to him whose seed of copulation goes out from him, who is defiled by it;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him from whom the flow of seed goeth out, so that he is unclean thereby;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4201" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">The Cleansing of Women</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: haz·zāḇ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">of him who has a discharge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">of the man who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: tê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">has</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7902.htm" title="7902: šiḵ·ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- (act of) lying, a layer. From shakab; a lying down.">an emission</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">of semen</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">whereby</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: lə·ṭā·mə·’āh- (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">he is unclean,</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10-11</a></span><br />If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43-48</a></span><br />including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. / She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. / “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-9.htm">Acts 15:9</a></span><br />He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">Leviticus 15:1-18</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Leviticus 13:59</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-27.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-7.htm">Therewith</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-4.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-46.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-23.htm">Therewith</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">The uncleanness of men in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">The cleansing of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">The uncleanness of women in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Their cleansing</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is the law of him who has a discharge</b><br>This phrase introduces a specific regulation within the broader Levitical laws concerning ritual purity. In the context of ancient Israel, maintaining ritual cleanliness was essential for participating in community worship and daily life. Discharges, whether due to illness or other natural bodily functions, rendered a person ceremonially unclean, necessitating specific purification rites. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness and separation from impurity, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11-15</a>, which outlines various laws on cleanliness.<p><b>of the man who has an emission of semen</b><br>This part of the verse addresses a natural bodily function, emphasizing that even normal biological processes could result in temporary ritual impurity. The inclusion of semen emissions highlights the comprehensive nature of the purity laws, covering all aspects of life. This reflects the biblical understanding of human sexuality as a part of God's creation, yet also acknowledges the need for purity in approaching the divine. The New Testament, particularly in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</a>, continues to address issues of sexual purity, though with a focus on moral rather than ritual cleanliness.<p><b>whereby he is unclean</b><br>The concept of being "unclean" in Levitical law is not synonymous with sinfulness but rather indicates a state of ritual impurity that requires purification. This distinction is crucial for understanding the purpose of these laws, which were designed to teach the Israelites about the holiness of God and the need for purity in His presence. The purification process often involved washing and waiting until evening, symbolizing a return to a state of readiness to engage in worship and community life. This theme of cleansing and restoration is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus' sacrifice is seen as the ultimate means of purification for believers, as noted in <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the laws, who were to follow these instructions to maintain ritual purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where purity laws were especially important.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for teaching and enforcing these laws.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver who established these purity laws to set His people apart.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The laws in <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32</a> emphasize the importance of ritual purity in the Old Testament, which served as a symbol of spiritual cleanliness and separation from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>These laws remind us of God's holiness and the need for His people to be distinct from the surrounding nations. They call us to live lives that reflect God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_law.htm">The Role of the Law</a></b><br>The law served as a tutor to lead us to Christ, highlighting our need for a Savior who can cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/physical_and_spiritual_health.htm">Physical and Spiritual Health</a></b><br>While the specific laws of Leviticus are not binding on Christians today, they encourage us to consider how we can honor God with our bodies and maintain both physical and spiritual health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>The communal aspect of these laws underscores the importance of accountability and support within the body of Christ as we pursue holiness together.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purification_rules_for_discharges.htm">What are the purification rules for bodily discharges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_lev._15_with_other_ot_laws.htm">Leviticus 15 - How do believers reconcile these purity laws with other Old Testament statutes that seemingly conflict or differ in emphasis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_add_wait_and_sacrifice_in_lev_15_13.htm">Leviticus 15:13 - If repeated washing was hygienic, why add a waiting period and a sacrifice with no clear scientific basis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'unclean_until_evening'.htm">What does 'unclean until evening' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32, 33) <span class= "bld">This is the law.</span>--These two verses give a summary of the contents of the chapter. In the recapitulation, however, as we have already seen, the order of the enactments is not strictly adhered to.<p><span class= "bld"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of him who has a discharge,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזָּ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the man who</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּצֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(tê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a seminal</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֖רַע</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">emission</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכְבַת־</span> <span class="translit">(šiḵ·ḇaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7902.htm">Strong's 7902: </a> </span><span class="str2">(act of) lying, a layer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whereby</span><br /><span class="heb">בָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">he is unclean,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְטָמְאָה־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ṭā·mə·’āh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:32 This is the law of him who (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>