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Leviticus
Chapter Fifteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 15
This
chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men
a running
issue
Leviticus 15:1
which defiles him
and everything he touches
or that touches him or them
Leviticus 15:4; the
cleansing from which is directed to
Leviticus 15:13;
and seed flowing from him
Leviticus 15:16; in
women
their ordinary courses
Leviticus 15:19; or
extraordinary ones
Leviticus 15:25;
and the law for the cleansing of them
Leviticus 15:28;
and a recapitulation of the whole
Leviticus 15:32.
Leviticus 15:1. And
the Lord
spoke to Moses and Aaron
saying
YLT 1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses
and unto
Aaron
saying
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron
.... Aaron is
spoken to as well Moses
because some of these purifications
after mentioned
depended on the priest
as the affair of profluvious men and women
as Gersom
observes:
saying;
as
follows.
Leviticus 15:2.
2 “Speak to the children of
Israel
and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body
his
discharge is unclean.
YLT 2`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;
Speak unto the children of Israel
.... From whence we
learn
says the above mentioned writer
that these uncleannesses were only
usual among the children of Israel
not among the Gentiles; that is
the laws
respecting them were only binding on the one
and not on the otherF19So
Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Edaiot
c. 5. sect. 1. :
and say unto them
when any man; in the Hebrew text it
is
"a man
a man"
which the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases
a young
man
and an old man:
hath a running issue out of his flesh; what
physicians call a "gonorrhoea"
and we
as in the margin of our
Bibles
"the running of the reins":
because of his issue
he is
unclean; in a ceremonial sense
though it arises from a natural cause;
but if not from any criminal one
from a debauch
but from a strain
or some
such like thing
the man was not defiled
otherwise he was; the Targum of
Jonathan is
"if he sees it three times he is unclean;'so the MisnahF20Zabim
c. 1. sect. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib. .
Leviticus 15:3.
3 And this shall be his
uncleanness in regard to his discharge—whether his body runs with his
discharge
or his body is stopped up by his discharge
it is his
uncleanness.
YLT 3and this is his uncleanness in his issue --
his flesh hath run with his issue
or his flesh hath stopped from his issue; it
[is] his uncleanness.
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue
.... Or the
sign of it
by which it may be judged whether he is unclean by it or no:
whether his flesh run with his issue; or salivates
or emits a flow of matter like a saliva
or in the manner of spittle:
or his flesh be stopped from his issue; with it
or
because of it; because it is gross
as Jarchi says
it cannot come forth
freely:
it is his uncleanness; whether it be one or the
other
he is reckoned on account of it an unclean person. This was an emblem of
the corruption and vitiosity of nature
and of all evil things that are in or
flow out of the evil heart of man
which are defiling to him; see Matthew 15:18.
Leviticus 15:4.
4 Every bed is unclean on
which he who has the discharge lies
and everything on which he sits shall be
unclean.
YLT 4`All the bed on which he lieth who hath the
issue is unclean
and all the vessel on which he sitteth is unclean;
Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue is unclean
.... Which he
constantly makes use of; so the Targum of Jonathan
which is peculiar to him
and appointed and appropriated for him to lie upon. Jarchi says
every bed that
is fit to lie upon
thou is appropriated to another service; but
he adds
meaning is
which he shall lie upon (or continue to lie upon); for it is not
said
which he hath laid upon
but which he lieth upon
and is used by him
continually; according to the MisnahF21Zabim
c. 2. sect. 4.
a man
that has an issue defiles a bed five ways
so as to defile a man
and to defile
garments; standing
sitting
lying
hanging
and leaning:
and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean; which is
appropriated to sit upon; and so the Targum
as before
what is his proper
peculiar seat
what he is used to sit upon
and is fit for that purpose: and it
is observed by some Jewish writersF23Maimon. & Bartenora in
Misn. Niddah
c. 6. sect. 3. that a vessel that is not fit to sit upon is
excluded
as if a man was to turn up a bushel
or any other measure
to sit
upon it; see Titus 1:15.
Leviticus 15:5.
5 And whoever touches his
bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 5and any one who cometh against his bed doth
wash his garments
and hath bathed with water
and been unclean till the
evening.
And whosoever toucheth his bed
.... Is unclean.
According to the MisnahF24Zabim
ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)
a bed
defiles a man seven ways
so as to defile garments; standing
sitting
lying
hanging
and leaning
and by touching
and by bearing:
shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water; in forty
seahs of water
as the Targum of Jonathan:
and be unclean until the even; be unfit for
conversation with other men till the even
though both his body and clothes are
washed.
Leviticus 15:6.
6 He 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.
YLT 6`And he who is sitting on the vessel on which
he sitteth who hath the issue
doth wash his garments
and hath bathed with
water
and been unclean till the evening.
And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath
the issue
.... Shall be unclean
even though he does not touch it. Jarchi
says
though there should be
as he adds
ten things or vessels one upon
another
they all defile because of sitting
and so by lying:
shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water
and be
unclean until the even; as in the preceding case. See Gill on Leviticus 15:5.
Leviticus 15:7.
7 And he who touches the
body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 7`And he who is coming against the flesh of
him who hath the issue
doth wash his garments
and hath bathed with water
and
hath been unclean till the evening.
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue
.... Shall
also be unclean
even any part of his flesh
or member of his body: the Jewish
canon isF25Zabim
c. 5. sect. 1
7.
he that toucheth one that has
an issue
or he that has an issue touches him
or anyone moves him that has an
issue
or he moves him
defiles food
and drink
and washing vessels by
touching
but not by bearing; and particularly touching the issue itself is
instanced in
and such a man's spittle
&c. are defiled:
shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water
and be
unclean until the even; as before. See Gill on Leviticus 15:5.
Leviticus 15:8.
8 If he who has the
discharge spits on him who is clean
then he shall wash his clothes and bathe
in water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 8`And when he who hath the issue spitteth on
him who is clean
then he hath washed his garments
and hath bathed with water
and been unclean till the evening.
And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean
.... Not
purposely
which is not usual for a man to do
and whenever it is done
nothing
is more affronting; but accidentally
when
as Aben Ezra expresses it
he
spreads his spittle
and it falls upon a clean person; and under this
as
Gersom observes
is comprehended whatever is brought up by coughing
as phlegm
or flows from the nose
or is pressed out of it; and so MaimonidesF26Hilchot
Metame Mishcab
c. 1. sect. 16. : and this may denote all corrupt communication
which proceeds out of the mouth of evil men
whether immoral or heretical
which not only defiles the man himself
but those he converses with; for evil
communication corrupts good manners:
then he shall wash his clothes
&c. as in the
foregoing instances. See Gill on Leviticus 15:5.
Leviticus 15:9.
9 Any saddle on which he who
has the discharge rides shall be unclean.
YLT 9`And all the saddle on which he rideth who
hath the issue is unclean;
And what saddle soever he sitteth upon that hath the issue
.... When he
rides upon any beast
horse
ass
or camel
whatever is put upon the creature
and he sits upon it
the saddle
and whatever appertains to it
the housing and
girdle:
shall be unclean; and not fit for another to use
but be
defiling to him
as follows.
Leviticus 15:10.
10 Whoever touches anything
that was under him shall be unclean until evening. He who carries any of
those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water
and be unclean until
evening.
YLT 10and any one who is coming against anything
which is under him is unclean till the evening
and he who is bearing them doth
wash his garments
and hath bathed with water
and been unclean till the
evening.
And whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be
unclean until the even
.... Either when lying along
or sitting
or riding
as in Leviticus 15:4;
various are the traditions of the Jews concerning these things; if one that has
an issue and a clean person sit together
in a ship
or on a beam
or ride
together on a beast
though their garments do not touch
they are unclean
&c.F1Misn. Zabim
c. 3. sect. 1. & c. 4. sect. 5
7. :
and he that beareth any of those things; that carries
any of the above things from place to place
as his bed
his seat
his saddle
or anything on which he has lain
sat
or rode.
shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water
and be
unclean until the even; See Gill on Leviticus 15:5.
Leviticus 15:11. 11 And
whomever the one who has the discharge touches
and has not rinsed his hands in
water
he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water
and be unclean until
evening.
YLT 11`And anyone against whom he cometh who hath
the issue (and his hands hath not rinsed with water) hath even washed his
garments
and bathed with water
and been unclean till the evening.
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue
.... Not only
he that touched him that had the issue
but whomsoever
and indeed whatsoever
he touched
as the Targum of Jonathan
the Septuagint
and Arabic versions
were unclean; See Gill on Leviticus 15:4
and hath not rinsed his hands in water; which is to
be understood
not of the man that is touched
but of him that toucheth; and is
interpreted by the Jewish writers
generally
of bathing the whole body;
according to Aben Ezra
the simple sense is
every clean person
whom he that
hath an issue touches and hath rinsed his hands
he is indeed unclean
but not
his garments; and if his hands are not rinsed his garments are unclean
and
this is as he that touches all that is under him; wherefore it follows:
he shall wash his clothes
&c. that is
if a
man is touched
as the Targum of Jonathan
and not a thing
as directed and
prescribed in the above cases instanced in; all which are designed to instruct
men to abstain from conservation with impure persons in doctrine and practice.
Leviticus 15:12.
12 The vessel of earth that
he who has the discharge touches shall be broken
and every vessel of wood
shall be rinsed in water.
YLT 12`And the earthen vessel which he who hath the
issue cometh against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth which hath an issue shall
be broken
.... That it might not be made use of afterwards; which was
ordered
that they might be careful what they touched who were in such
circumstances: according to Gersom an earthen vessel received no uncleanness
but from the middle
though he owns the law does not distinguish between the
middle and the outside; wherefore Jarchi is of opinion
that if the back or
outside of it was touched
it was unclean
and to be broken:
and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water; and after
that be used: what should be the reason why an earthen vessel defiled by
touching should be broken
and a wooden vessel defiled in the same way should
not
but be rinsed and cleansed
when an earthen vessel might as well be rinsed
and fit for use as that
is not easy to say; it depended upon the will of the
lawgiver: according to Ainsworth
the one may signify the destruction of
reprobate persons
the other the cleansing of penitent sinners.
Leviticus 15:13. 13 ‘And
when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge
then he shall count
for himself seven days for his cleansing
wash his clothes
and bathe his body
in running water; then he shall be clean.
YLT 13`And when he who hath the issue is clean from
his issue
then he hath numbered to himself seven days for his cleansing
and
hath washed his garments
and hath bathed his flesh with running water
and
been clean.
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue
.... That is
it is ceased from him
as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi explain it; for
otherwise
according to the ceremonial law
he was not yet cleansed
until he
had done everything next prescribed; but when he perceived there was an entire
stop put to his disorder:
then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing; by which time
it would appear whether he was thoroughly rid of it or not; and these seven
days
as Jarchi observes
must be seven pure days
quite free from pollution
and continued in a constant course
without interruption; for
as Gersom says
if he saw any impurity in anyone of these days it did not come into the
account: nay
according to MaimonidesF2Hilchot Mechosre Capharah
c.
3. sect. 1.
he must begin to number again from the day of the last
appearance:
and wash his clothes
and bathe his flesh in running water; typical of
the fountain opened in Christ to wash in for sin and uncleanness
even the
fountain of his blood
which cleanses from all sin; and in which both the
persons and garments of the saints are washed and made white:
and shall be clean; in a ceremonial sense; as all that are
washed from their sins in the blood of Christ are clean in a spiritual and
evangelical sense.
Leviticus 15:14. 14 On
the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons
and come before the Lord
to the door of the tabernacle of meeting
and give them to the priest.
YLT 14`And on the eighth day he taketh to himself
two turtle-doves
or two young pigeons
and hath come in before Jehovah unto
the opening of the tent of meeting
and hath given them unto the priest;
And on the eighth day
.... Having on the
seventh done as before directed:
he shall take to him two turtledoves
or two young pigeons; of his own
or purchase them; this was the meanest offering that was brought
and of the
least expense
and which
in other cases
the poorer sort were allowed to
bring
but here it was the offering of poor and rich:
and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation; not into the tabernacle
where he was not admitted till the
sacrifice was offered
and atonement made; but he was to stand at the door of
the tabernacle
at the eastern gate; and so fronting the west
where stood the
holy of holies
the place of the divine Majesty
he is said to come before the
Lord
presenting himself to him to be cleansed:
and give them unto the priest; the two doves or
pigeons
to be offered for him according to the usual rites.
Leviticus 15:15. 15 Then
the priest shall offer them
the one as a sin offering and the other as
a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord because of his
discharge.
YLT 15and the priest hath made them
one a
sin-offering
and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest hath made atonement
for him before Jehovah
because of his issue.
And the priest shall offer them
the one for a sin offering
and the other for a burnt offering
.... As in the case of a
new mother who is poor
and of a poor leper
Leviticus 12:8
and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for
his issue; which
though not in itself sinful
yet might be occasioned by
sin
for which the atonement was made: or
however
it was a ceremonial
uncleanness
and therefore a ceremonial expiation must he made for it
typical
of the atonement by the blood and sacrifice of Christ
by which all kinds of
sin is expiated and removed.
Leviticus 15:16. 16 ‘If
any man has an emission of semen
then he shall wash all his body in water
and
be unclean until evening.
YLT 16`And when a man's seed of copulation goeth
out from him
then he hath bathed with water all his flesh
and been unclean
till the evening.
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him
.... Not in
lawful cohabitation
nor voluntarily
but involuntarily
as Aben Ezra observes;
not through any disorder
which came by an accident
or in any criminal way
but through a dream
or any lustful imagination; what is commonly called
nocturnal pollutionF3"----& noctem flumine purgas."
Pers. Satyr. 2. :
then he shall wash all his flesh in water
and be unclean until
the even; and so the Egyptian priests
when it happened that they were
defiled by a dream
they immediately purified themselves in a laverF4Chaeremon.
apud Porphyr. de Abstinentia
l. 4. c. 7. so the Jewish priests did when the
like happened to them asleep in the templeF5Misn. Tamid. c. 1. sect.
1. ; see Deuteronomy 23:10.
Leviticus 15:17. 17 And
any garment and any leather on which there is semen
it shall be washed with
water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 17`And any garment
or any skin on which there
is seed of copulation
hath also been washed with water
and been unclean till
the evening.
And every garment
and every skin
.... Or that is made of
skin
which a man wears
or lies upon
see Leviticus 13:48
whereon is the seed of copulation; or on any other
for
as
Gersom says
there is the same law concerning the rest of vessels
seeing this
is a principal uncleanness
and defiles vessels; and perhaps the law makes
mention of these
because it is more apt to be found on them:
shall be washed with water
and be unclean until the even; see Judges 1:23.
Leviticus 15:18. 18 Also
when a woman lies with a man
and there is an emission of semen
they
shall bathe in water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 18`And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed
of copulation
they also have bathed with water
and been unclean till the
evening.
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of
copulation
.... It seems to respect any congress of a man and woman
whether
in fornication or adultery
or lawful marriage
and particularly the latter;
for though marriage is honourable and holy
and carnal copulation in itself
lawful
yet such is the sinfulness of nature
that as no act is performed
without pollution
so neither that of generation
and by which the corruption
of nature is propagated
and therefore required a ceremonial cleansing:
they shall both bathe themselves in water
and be unclean
until the even; so HerodotusF6Clio
sive
l. 1. c. 198. reports
that
as often as a Babylonian man lay with his wife
he had used to sit by
consecrated incense
and the woman did the same: and in the morning they were
both washed
and did not touch any vessel before they had washed themselves;
and he says the Arabians did the like: and the same historian relatesF7Euterpe
sive
l. 2. c. 64. of the Egyptians
that they never go into their temples from
their wives unwashed; see Exodus 19:15.
Leviticus 15:19. 19 ‘If
a woman has a discharge
and the discharge from her body is blood
she
shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until
evening.
YLT 19`And when a woman hath an issue -- blood is
her issue in her flesh -- seven days she is in her separation
and any one who
is coming against her is unclean till the evening.
And if a woman have an issue
.... Having finished
as
Aben Ezra observes
what was to be said of the male
now the Scripture begins
with the female
whose issue
of a different sort
is thus described:
and her issue in her flesh be
blood; or
"blood be her issue in her flesh"; not in any part
of her
but in that which by an euphemism is so called
in the same sense as
the phrase is used of men
Leviticus 15:2; and
so it distinguishes it from any flow of blood elsewhere
as a bleeding at the
nose
&c.
she shall be put apart seven days; not out of the camp
nor
out of the house
but might not go into the house of God:
whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even; the same as
one that had touched a man that had an issue
Leviticus 15:7; the
pollution of the one reached to the same things as that of the other; and so
in the MisnahF8Zabim
c. 5. sect. 6
7.
they are put together
and
the same is ascribed to the touch of the one as of the other; it may be
understood of everything as well as of every person.
Leviticus 15:20. 20 Everything
that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she
sits on shall be unclean.
YLT 20`And anything on which she lieth in her
separation is unclean
and anything on which she sitteth is unclean;
And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be
unclean
.... During her being apart from her husband
with whom she might
be
and do all offices for him
but not lie with him; and whatsoever she lay
upon during this time
bed or couch
and the clothes upon them
were unclean:
everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean; chair
stool
&c. as is the case of a man
Leviticus 15:4.
Leviticus 15:21. 21 Whoever touches her bed
shall wash his clothes and bathe in water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 21and any one who is coming against her bed
doth wash his garments
and hath bathed with water
and been unclean till the
evening.
And whosoever toucheth her bed
.... The same thing that
is said of a profluvious man
and so in Leviticus 15:22.
Leviticus 15:22. 22 And
whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in
water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 22`And any one who is coming against any vessel
on which she sitteth doth wash his garments
and hath washed with water
and
been unclean till the evening.
And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon
.... Which was
appropriated to her to sit upon
as the Targum of Jonathan
which was her
proper and peculiar seat
what she usually sat upon; such were obliged to wash
their clothes and bathe
as in all the above cases. See Leviticus 15:5.
Leviticus 15:23. 23 If
anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits
when he
touches it
he shall be unclean until evening.
YLT 23`And if it [is] on the bed
or on the vessel
on which she is sitting
in his coming against it
he is unclean till the evening.
And if it be on her bed
or on anything whereon she
sitteth
.... That is
if any person or thing should be upon her bed or
seat; a vessel on her bed
or a vessel upon a vessel
as Aben Ezra expresses
it:
when he toucheth it; that person or thing that
should be on her bed or seat
as well as touch her bed or seat:
shall be unclean until the even; in a ceremonial sense;
so defiling was a woman in such circumstances
and to whom the Scriptures often
compare unclean persons and things: and PlinyF9Nat. Hist. l. 7. c.
15. speaks of menstrues as very infectious
or worse
to various creatures and
things
in a natural way.
Leviticus 15:24. 24 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.
YLT 24`And if a man really lie with her
and her
separation is on him
then he hath been unclean seven days
and all the bed on
which he lieth is unclean.
And if any man lie with her at all
.... Not presumptuously
but ignorantly
as Aben Ezra observes; for he was guilty of cutting off
that
lay with her wilfully
Leviticus 20:18
and her flowers be upon her; or
"her
separation"F11נדתה "menstruum
ejus"
Pagninus
Montanus; "separatio ejus"
Drusius.
her
monthly courses not being ceased:
he shall be unclean seven days; and be excluded from all
conversation civil and religious:
and all the bed whereon she lieth shall be unclean; that and
every thing upon it; and this uncleanness also lasted seven days
as Aben Ezra
notes
and defiled others
though it is not written.
Leviticus 15:25. 25 ‘If
a woman has a discharge of blood for many days
other than at the time of her customary
impurity
or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity
all the days
of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity.
She shall be unclean.
YLT 25`And when a woman's issue of blood floweth
many days within the time of her separation
or when it floweth over her
separation -- all the days of the issue of her uncleanness are as the days of
her separation; she [is] unclean.
And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the
time of her separation
.... Not an ordinary but an extraordinary one
not within that
time
but out of it
and which continued three days at least; so the Targum of
Jonathan
and sometimes many years; as the poor woman Christ cured
which she
had had twelve years; see Gill on Matthew 9:20
or if it run beyond the time of her separation; beyond the
seven days of her separation
and so out of the usual way and time of it;
whereby it appears to be somewhat extraordinary and unusual:
all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days
of her separation: all the while it was upon her
be it ever so many days or years
she was kept apart from her husband
and in all respects in the same condition
and circumstances
as in the seven days of her separation because of her
monthly courses:
she shall be unclean; as long as it is upon
her
and neither be admitted to her husband's bed
nor to the house of God
which made her condition a very deplorable one.
Leviticus 15:26. 26 Every
bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed
of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean
as the uncleanness
of her impurity.
YLT 26`All the bed on which she lieth all the days
of her issue is as the bed of her separation to her
and all the vessel on
which she sitteth is unclean as the uncleanness of her separation;
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be
unto her as the bed of her separation
.... As defiled and as
defiling as that
Leviticus 15:20
and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean
as the
uncleanness of her separation; as such were when she was in that
condition
see Leviticus 15:20.
Leviticus 15:27. 27 Whoever
touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in
water
and be unclean until evening.
YLT 27and any one who is coming against them is
unclean
and hath washed his garments
and hath bathed with water
and been
unclean till the evening.
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean
.... Her bed
and seat; the Septuagint version is
"that toucheth her"
see Leviticus 15:19
and shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water
and
be unclean until the even; let it be observed
that in all the above
passages
where it is said
"he shall bathe himself in water"
the Targum of Jonathan adds
in forty seahs or pecks of water; for this was
done by dipping the body all over.
Leviticus 15:28. 28 ‘But
if she is cleansed of her discharge
then she shall count for herself seven
days
and after that she shall be clean.
YLT 28`And if she hath been clean from her issue
then she hath numbered to herself seven days
and afterwards she is clean;
But if she be cleansed of her issue
.... The disease is
healed
or a stop is put to it; there are no signs of it remaining:
then she shall number to herself seven days; from the time
she observed it to cease:
and after that she shall be clean; having bathed herself
according to the usual manner of unclean persons
for their cleansing; when she
would be fit to be admitted to her husband
though not as yet into the
tabernacle
until she had offered her offering next directed to.
Leviticus 15:29. 29 And
on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young
pigeons
and bring them to the priest
to the door of the tabernacle of
meeting.
YLT 29and on the eighth day she taketh to herself
two turtle-doves
or two young pigeons
and hath brought them in unto the
priest
unto the opening of the tent of meeting;
And on the eighth day
.... From the cessation
of her issue
and the healing of it
at least from the time she began to number
for her cleansing:
she shall take unto her two turtles
or two young pigeons; the same as
the man that had an issue was obliged to bring. Now this is to be understood
not of a woman that had an ordinary issue
or her monthly courses; for this
would have been both troublesome and expensive to have brought every month
but
of a woman that had laboured under an extraordinary one; though some think
every menstruous woman was obliged to this offering:
and bring them unto the priest
to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation; whither the man that had an issue brought his; See Gill on Leviticus 15:14.
Leviticus 15:30. 30 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.
YLT 30and the priest hath made the one a
sin-offering
and the one a burnt-offering
and the priest hath made atonement
for her before Jehovah
because of the issue of her uncleanness.
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering
.... As in the
case of a man that had an issue
the offerings of one and the other were the
same and for the same purpose; See Gill on Leviticus 15:15;
there being a legal uncleanness in their case
atonement must be made by
sacrifice
typical of the atonement of Christ
who by himself has purged our
sins. The design of these several laws concerning uncleanness by issues
was to
set forth the filthiness of sin arising from the corruption of human nature;
particularly the pollution of fleshly lusts
and the necessity of purification
from them by the grace of God
and blood of Christ
and of holiness of heart
and life
in order to a near approach to God
particularly in public worship
as
the next words suggest.
Leviticus 15:31. 31 ‘Thus you shall separate
the children of Israel from their uncleanness
lest they die in their
uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that is among them.
YLT 31`And ye have separated the sons of Israel
from their uncleanness
and they die not in their uncleanness
in their
defiling My tabernacle which [is] in their midst.
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their
uncleanness
.... Or because of it
and while they are in it
as from other
persons
even their nearest relations
and from the house of God
as the next
clause shows; or teach them
by observing the above laws and rules
to separate
themselves
and that they be careful and cautions to keep themselves apart
while in such impurities; and the children of Israel are only made mention of
because these laws are only binding upon them
with their proselytes and
servants
free or not freeF12Misn. Zabim
c. 2. sect. 1.
but not
upon Gentiles; See Gill on Leviticus 15:2
that they die not in their uncleanness
when they defile my
tabernacle that is among them; from whence it appears
that men and women
in the above circumstances
might not go into the
tabernacle; and it was chiefly to prevent their access to it that these laws
were given
for the greater reverence and honour of it; and that for such persons
to enter there was a pollution of it
and the punishment was cutting off
or
death; and for one to die in his impurity
without purification and sacrifice
was a dreadful thing
and to be deprecated
and to be guarded against by an
observance of the above laws. But the Jews now sayF13Leo Modena's
History of Rites
Customs
&c. of the present Jews
par. 1. c. 8.
that
forasmuch as the reason of these precepts was
because such persons were
forbidden to enter into the temple
that being destroyed
all these precepts of
uncleanness are ceased also.
Leviticus 15:32. 32 This
is the law for one who has a discharge
and for him who emits
semen and is unclean thereby
YLT 32`This [is] the law of him who hath an issue
and of him whose seed of copulation goeth out from him
for uncleanness
thereby
This is the law of him that hath an issue
.... In Leviticus 15:32 is
a recapitulation of the several laws in this chapter
as of a man that has a
"gonorrhoea":
and of him whose seed goeth from him
and is defiled
therewith; involuntarily
that suffers a nocturnal pollution.
Leviticus 15:33. 33 and
for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity
and for one
who has a discharge
either man or woman
and for him who lies with her who is
unclean.’”
YLT 33and of her who is sick in her separation
and
of him who hath an issue
the issue of a male or of a female
and of a man who
lieth with an unclean woman.'
And of her that is sick of her flowers
.... Her
monthly courses
for these are a sickness
Leviticus 20:18;
and make a woman languid and faint
as the word is rendered
Lamentations 1:13;
or to be in painF14והדוה "et
dolentis"
Montanus.
as some render it here; and pains are reckoned
among the signs of them by the Misnic doctorsF15Misn. Niddah
c. 9.
sect. 8. :
and of him that hath an issue
of the man
and of the woman; of both
whether the one or the other:
and of him that lieth with her that is unclean; though her
own husband.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》