J4 O 1-12. Men.
P 13-18. Their cleansing.
O 19-27. Women.
P 28-33. Their cleansing.
1490 B.C.Leviticus 15)
1: And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2: "Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
3: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
4: Every bed, whereon he lies that has the issue, is unclean: and every thing (piece of furniture, vessel,or article), whereon he sits, shall be unclean.
5: And whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water (see 1:5), and be unclean until the evening.
6: And he that sits on any thing whereon he sat that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
7: And he that touches the flesh of him that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
8: And if he that has the issue spit upon him that is clean (a common practice among oriental nations to express insult or contempt: Num. 12:4. Deut. 25:9. Job 30:10. Isa. 50:6. Matt. 26:67); then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
9: And what carriage soever he rides upon that has the issue shall be unclean. (Occ. only here and 1 Kings 4:26, where it is rendered "chariot", and Song 3:9. The seat in a palanquin, a litter borne by several persons. The Fem. form occurs 44 times, and is always rendered "chariot".)
10: And whosoever touches any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
11: And whomsoever he touches that has the issue, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
12: And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. (= washed or baptized. This is what is refereed to in Mark 7:4.)
13: And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water (see 14:5), and shall be clean.
14: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tent of the assembly, and give them to the priest:
15: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. (see Ex. 29:33)
16: And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water (here with eth kol added, meaning all his body, to distinguish it from the word "flesh", which is thus probably used in this section by the Fig. Euphemy, for private part. Cp.15:5-8,10,11,18,21,22,27, were the A.V. inserted "himself" in italics. See further note on 14:9), and be unclean until the evening.
17: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
18: The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
19: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20: And every thing that she lies upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sits upon shall be unclean.
21: And whosoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
22: And whosoever touches any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
23: And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
24: And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers (= uncleanness) be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.
25: And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
26: Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sits upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
27: And whosoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
28: But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
29: And on the eighth day she shall take to her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of the assembly.
30: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.
31: Thus shall you all separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile My tabernacle (= the dwelling place of the Lord) that is among them.
32: This is the law of him that has an issue (vv.32.33 are a summary of the contents of the chapter, though the order as in other cases is varied), and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith;
33: And of her that is sick of her uncleanness, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.' "