Leviticus 15 (NIV) 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. And so lets turn to that precious word once again and May God speak to us through His word today and may His glorious name ever be praised. It is connected to the root ndd, meaning "to make distant." In the NKJV, it is translated as body. Discharges from the body, or discharges from the flesh, are what we are looking at today. As Gentiles were considered unclean, then this would be considered a source of defilement just as being spat upon by an unclean person would cause another to become unclean. For a person to hang around and fellowship with someone who is engaging in sin would then defile that person. To touch a person engaged in a spiritual discharge of the flesh is symbolic of actively participating in that sin with them. Nothing is said about this in Genesis 1:28. The term body, or flesh, in this chapter is used in a couple ways. On the other hand, the stopped up discharge would be a person who looks at pornography. Thus a woman suffering from any bloody discharge, whether it be the puerperal discharge (Leviticus 12:4-5), menstruation (Leviticus 15:19-24), or some other malady (Leviticus 15:25-30), is presumed to be losing life. All it says is, , Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.. In picture, the atonement and vicarious death are made by Christ on our behalf. And give them to the priest, as to you I now say, Then the priest shall offer them Then David hid in the field. Nick Peters Though hid from sight, yet He is ever near the child of God. We must bring the thought of God into the simplest, the commonest, and the most secret acts. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. Pictures and Artwork. 6He who sits on anything on which he who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The declaration of semen as unclean in this passage illustrates the sharp distinction between Israelite religion and the pagan religions of the ancient Near East. i. i. In such, the person is defiled and unclean. And if any man lies with her at all, so that her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Cleansed! All it says is, Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Further, nothing is said of this until this time in history. 16-1, 25-30) or unnatural (vv. Lead us to the Fount from where all cleansing does flow Why were a husband and wife considered unclean after they had sexual relations? i. After a period of seven days (presumably without the discharge), there was a ceremonial cleansing. The man made unclean could spread his uncleanness through contact (every bed on which he lies shall be unclean). Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. For one thing, the body matters. Read verse in New International Version Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. At the turn of the new day, He who sits on anything As G. Campbell Morgan wrote, For us the way of perpetual cleansing is provided in Christ.. The Hebrew term used for menstruation in Leviticus 15:19, 20, 24, and 33 is niddatah, which has as its root ndh, a word meaning "separation," usually as a result of impurity. Now eternally cleansed, and eternally pure, A few things about verse 16, and those to come. 10Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: b. Whoever touches his bed: In this context, there were three ways a person or thing might be made unclean. They result in a state of uncleanness. Shall be unclean, and nothing else besides, Whoever touches anything that was under him, as I say 5And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The command forced the obedient Israelite man or woman to say no to their sexual desires in certain situations. Why? The first is that of the private parts of a person. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. v. Our cleanliness is complete as we abide in Jesus: 1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. The washing of the clothes, as we have seen several times, is symbolic of the outward reflection of the inward change in the person. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Whether his body runs with his discharge, as I address Now it is used to indicate a shikvat zara, or emission of seed. She shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons: A small offering was brought to the priest at the tabernacle. If he touches another person, it could be that it is acceptable if he first washes his hands. The oneasa sin offering and the otherasa burnt offering 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. Whatever she sits on shall be unclean: The womans ceremonial uncleanness could be spread to any object upon which she lay or sat. And the place where Your glory dwells. Psalm 21:6-8, In the Psalm David clearly ties the washing of his hands in with his innocence. How can we experience true freedom in Christ? As long as the sins of the flesh are running and evident in the person, they are to be treated as one entirely out of fellowship. He then says this allows him to go about the Lords altar. It was referring to the layer of dew which evaporated and left behind the manna for the children of Israel. The word basar, or flesh, is used quite a few times in Leviticus 15. They said, Barabbas! The Greek translation of the OT translates hazav, or the discharge, as the gonorrhea. However, in some verses, such as verse 16, it is probably speaking of the whole body. 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 will go from verses 2-18. ii. a. This practice actually is noted in the New Testament in Mark 7. This will be explained in greater detail in verse 13. The many uses of the word often make it necessary to deduce exactly what is being referred to. Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD because of his discharge. Leviticus 15:1 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Leviticus 15:3 This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. Above, we saw where the place where one lays or sits is tied to their place of rest and their place of fellowship or discourse. It is something ingrained in the religious psyche. c. If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean: The uncleanness could also be spread through saliva. First point. Leviticus 15:18, the center of the chiasm, mentions sexual intercourse, . Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. The other is a person who is from that which is alive. And be unclean until evening It is the spit which defiles the next person, regardless as to the intent of how it got on him. 3And it shall bethatthe elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been workedandwhich has not pulled with a yoke. It is we who had walked away from You Discharges Causing Uncleanness. Listen :: Leviticus 15. Then he shall wash in water all his body 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. get to know the Bible better! There at the altar, which is before, or in the face of the Lord, the person is to give the birds to the priest. And theLordspoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, These are the words to them He was relaying. It is that which is common, porous, and absorbent. In type, our coverings are cleansed and purified though the work of Christ, pictured by the evening, or the start of the new day. He found the life acceptable, and therefore He then accepts His sin offering in our place. The term body, or flesh, in this chapter is used in a couple ways. a. If that can happen, then we will be clean. That is seen in Ephesians 5:2. My garments are clean, yes radiant white As we continue to see, Moses and Aaron are jointly addressed at the giving of the laws which concern overall defilement. Thus it would be an abomination to engage in sexual activity in the tabernacle precinct. (Rooker). In Him, all defilement is washed away. It is a law coming from the Lord, and therefore it is given through the lawgiver, Moses, but it also deals with priestly purification, and so Aaron is addressed as well. Itishis uncleanness, Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies Yet we need to remember that spiritual cleanliness in worship is important today. The shekavah, or emission, has only been seen in one other account, Exodus 16. And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. So now we have to ask a question that might seem obvious, but it is one worth thinking about. 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. Leviticus 15: 19-20 When a woman has discharge and it is blood, she shall continue to be impure for seven days; and whoever touches her = unclean until evening. This corresponds to the second half of verse 4. 24If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow(V) touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean. One could use as an example a person who is caught up in drugs. And to You, O God, we give all of our praise, Paul implores us to walk in the Spirit. That may not be true. Normal discharges of semen and menstruation made one ceremonially unclean, not because there was anything inherently wrong with them, but because the two are connected with symbols of redemption and life, blood and semen. And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 19 "When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. Jude understood this, and was certainly thinking of this verse when he wrote , And on some have compassion, making a distinction;23but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire,hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Jude -22, 23. "'when a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.on the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.the Too many of us sing songs that are practically Gnostic where we compare the body to a prison. Further, the affection of the dove for its mate makes it a splendid picture of Christ who is so affectionate for His people that He came to dwell among them and give Himself for them in order to purify them. Of him who has the discharge shall, as I say 101. In this case, no defilement is transferred. Can such a thing be? 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. 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. However, for a New Testament picture, it indicates something which causes spiritual uncleanness. 12A clay pot(I) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article(J) is to be rinsed with water. I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. Isaiah 50:6, That is then fulfilled in Jesus words in the New Testament , Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles;34and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. 17. r/TrueChristian. Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. This same concept can be seen in multiple types of sins of the flesh. 'The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. If a woman has a discharge: In the case of a bloody discharge from a woman (her normal menstruation), her ceremonial impurity could be spread through direct contact or through an object that she lay or sat upon. When King Saul was looking for a good time to kill David, a hint of this law is evident at the table he sat at , Then David hid in the field. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Today, we often treat sex as a casual activity that you just do for recreation. For the Israelite, this verse doesnt give any exceptions, and so it would seem that even a priest or physician who touched the unclean person would be defiled by the touch. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. 23Then the governor said, Why, what evil has He done? And Jonathan arose,and Abner sat by Sauls side, but Davids place was empty. This is why we are told to not have fellowship with deeds of darkness, but we are to put on holiness like a garment and keep ourselves from participating in these things. Leviticus 22:4 If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. The seed of man is how sin travels to the next generation of humans. We also remember that Jesus is the One who makes us clean and fit for fellowship: You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you (John 15:3). You can also change some of your preferences. Then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water too The Hebrew here says, bmayim khayim, or in living water. The private parts of the person are where life issues from. He just wants to enjoy it in the way it was meant to be enjoyed and ultimately, the way that will provide us with the best joy. 16 But () if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. The answer is found in His superior word. And has not rinsed his hands in water, as you know When they defile My tabernacle: None of these discharges made a man or a woman sinful, only ceremonially unclean. 21Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 13And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing. The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. You seeto it. They shall bathe in water The unclean person is already unclean, but the one he touches is not necessarily so. 15Then the priest shall offer them, the oneasa sin offering and the otherasa burnt offering. Now is seen a verb used only here in Scripture. It also said that there is a significant aspect of our brokenness and impurity that is, in some way, connected to our sexuality. This is certainly what is seen here, or otherwise, it would have mentioned vessels of copper, brass, and so on. He isnt a drug addict, but he touched, or joined, with the person who is an addict during a moment of weakness. For those feeling generous and want to get a book for me on my wish list, here's how. The position of doctrine which is pictured here is explained by Paul in Ephesians 4 , ..that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting. Ephesians 4:14. This is in contrast to verse 13 which left off the word all, showing us that it was speaking of his private parts only there. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. It is a picture of being penitent, being made alive in Christ, and being immersed through baptism. 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