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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 />&#8220Speak to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, <i>because of</i> his issue he <i>is</i> unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge <i>is</i> unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, &#8216When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his member, he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his body, he is unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />to say to the community of Israel: Any man with an infected penis is unclean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Tell the Israelites: If a man has a discharge from his penis, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />for the people of Israel. When any man has a discharge from his penis, the discharge is unclean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Tell the Israelis that when a man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Say to the Israelites, ?When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When there is discharging out of the flesh of any man, he [is] unclean [from] his discharge;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Speak unto the sons of Israel, and ye have said unto them, When there is an issue out of the flesh of any man, for his issue he is unclean;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man, a man, there shall be a flowing from his flesh, his flowing unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The man who undergoes a flow of seed shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a genital discharge, he is thereby unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When any man has a seminal discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Speak with the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man will be discharging from his body, his discharge is defiled.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, his issue is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatever man shall have an issue out of his body, his issue is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-2.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=3914" 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 Uncleanness of Men</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dab·bə·rū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">“Say</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wa·’ă·mar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">‘When</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: mib·bə·śā·rōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">a bodily</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zāḇ (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.">discharge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2101.htm" title="2101: zō·w·ḇōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- An issue (of fluid). From zuwb; a seminal or menstrual flux.">the discharge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">is unclean.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.…<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</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.<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_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a></span><br />Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4-6</a></span><br />If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— / the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Leviticus 13:3</a></span><br />The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-2.htm">Leviticus 14:2-32</a></span><br />“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. / The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, / the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2-8</a></span><br />“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation. / And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised. / The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a></span><br />If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a></span><br />Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. / She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-34</a></span><br />And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. / She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse. / When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. ...<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/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a></span><br />Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / 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="/1_corinthians/7-1.htm">1 Corinthians 7:1-5</a></span><br />Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. / But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. / The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.</p><p class="hdg">unto the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-7.htm">Deuteronomy 4:7,8</a></b></br> For what nation <i>is there so</i> great, who <i>hath</i> God <i>so</i> nigh unto them, as the LORD our God <i>is</i> in all <i>things that</i> we call upon him <i>for</i>? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13,14</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Psalm 78:5</a></b></br> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4</a></b></br> What man soever of the seed of Aaron <i>is</i> a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing <i>that is</i> unclean <i>by</i> the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></b></br> Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm">2 Samuel 3:29</a></b></br> Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.</p><p class="hdg">running issue.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm">Bodily</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-52.htm">Running</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Bodily</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Running</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Unclean</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>Say to the Israelites</b><br>This directive is given to Moses and Aaron, emphasizing the importance of communicating God's laws to the people of Israel. The Israelites, as God's chosen people, are to live according to His statutes. This phrase underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God provides guidance for holy living. The communication of these laws is a recurring theme in the Pentateuch, highlighting the role of Moses as a mediator between God and His people.<p><b>When any man has a bodily discharge</b><br>The term "bodily discharge" refers to any abnormal flow from the body, which could include various medical conditions. In the ancient Near Eastern context, bodily discharges were often associated with impurity and were seen as a disruption of the natural order. This reflects a broader cultural understanding of health and cleanliness, where physical conditions were often linked to spiritual states. The specificity of the law indicates a concern for both physical health and ritual purity.<p><b>The discharge is unclean</b><br>Uncleanliness in this context is not merely about physical dirtiness but is a ritual state that affects one's ability to participate in community worship and activities. The concept of cleanliness and uncleanliness is central to Levitical law, symbolizing the separation between the holy and the profane. This separation is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, illustrating the need for purity in approaching God. The laws of cleanliness can be seen as a type pointing to the ultimate purification through Jesus Christ, who cleanses believers from sin and impurity, as seen in passages like <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws of purity and holiness were given. They are the primary audience of the instructions in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who received the laws from God and communicated them to the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bodily_discharge.htm">Bodily Discharge</a></b><br>Refers to any abnormal bodily fluid discharge, which in the context of Leviticus, renders a person ceremonially unclean.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where purity laws were especially significant to maintain holiness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws of purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_holiness.htm">Understanding Holiness</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus highlight the holiness of God and the need for His people to be set apart. This calls us to live lives that reflect God's purity and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin.htm">The Impact of Sin</a></b><br>Just as a bodily discharge made one unclean, sin separates us from God. We must be vigilant in confessing and repenting to maintain our spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>The Israelites were responsible for maintaining the purity of the community. Similarly, we are called to support one another in our spiritual journeys, encouraging holiness and accountability.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ's_fulfillment_of_the_law.htm">Christ's Fulfillment of the Law</a></b><br>Jesus' ministry demonstrated the fulfillment of the law, offering cleansing and restoration to those deemed unclean. We find our ultimate purification in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_purity.htm">Practical Purity</a></b><br>While the specific laws of Leviticus may not apply today, the principle of living a life that honors God remains. We should strive for purity in thought, word, and deed.<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/why_call_natural_discharges_'impure'.htm">Leviticus 15:2–3 – Why label natural bodily discharges as “impure” when science sees them as normal biological functions? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'unclean_until_evening'.htm">What does 'unclean until evening' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'ceremonially_unclean'_mean.htm">What does "ceremonially unclean" mean?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">A running issue out of his flesh.</span>--Flesh, as is frequently the case, euphemistically denotes private parts. (See <a href="/genesis/6-10.htm" title="And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.">Genesis 6:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/7-13.htm" title="In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;">Genesis 7:13</a>; <a href="/leviticus/6-3.htm" title="Or have found that which was lost, and lies concerning it, and swears falsely; in any of all these that a man does, sinning therein:">Leviticus 6:3</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-4.htm" title="He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.">Leviticus 16:4</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-26.htm" title="You have also committed fornication with the Egyptians your neighbors, great of flesh; and have increased your prostitutions, to provoke me to anger.">Ezekiel 16:26</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-20.htm" title="For she doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.">Ezekiel 23:20</a>, &c.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 2-15.</span> - The first case of an issue. It appears to be identical with the disease called by physicians gonorrhea, or, perhaps, blenorrhea (cf. chapter Leviticus 22:4; <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-2.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">“Say</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּבְּרוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(dab·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֗ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶה֙</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a bodily</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·śā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">discharge,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(zāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">the discharge</span><br /><span class="heb">זוֹב֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(zō·w·ḇōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2101.htm">Strong's 2101: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seminal, menstrual flux</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is unclean.</span><br /><span class="heb">טָמֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:2 Speak to the children of Israel (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:3" /></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>