Leviticus 15:25

15:1-33 Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. - We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, and the great gospel privileges of the application of Christ's blood to our souls for our justification, and his grace for our sanctification.

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.

Le 15:19-33. Uncleanness of Women. 19. if a woman have an issue—Though this, like the leprosy, might be a natural affection, it was anciently considered contagious and entailed a ceremonial defilement which typified a moral impurity. This ceremonial defilement had to be removed by an appointed method of ceremonial expiation, and the neglect of it subjected any one to the guilt of defiling the tabernacle, and to death as the penalty of profane temerity.

(25) Have an issue . . . many days. —The last case is that of a chronic issue, arising from a derangement in the constitution. This is the kind of complaint from which the woman suffered who came to Christ ( Matthew 9:20 ; Luke 8:44 ). As long as she suffered from it, which lasted sometimes for many years, she defiled and was defiling in the same way as in her menses.

Diseased issue from a woman. - If an issue of blood in a woman flowed many days away from (not in) the time of her monthly uncleanness, or if it flowed beyond her monthly uncleanness, she was to be unclean as long as her unclean issue continued, just as in the days of her monthly uncleanness, and she defiled her couch as well as everything upon which she sat, as in the other case, also every one who touched either her or these things.

[Bible] 15:16. The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening. 15:17. The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water: and it shall be unclean until the evening. 15:18. The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water: and shall be unclean until the evening. 15:19. The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days. 15:20. Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening. 15:21. And every thing that she sleepeth on, or that she sitteth on in the days of her separation, shall be defiled. 15:22. He that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening. 15:23. Whosoever shall touch any vessel on which she sitteth, shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be defiled until the evening. 15:24. If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers, he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he shall sleep, shall be defiled. 15:25. The woman that hath still issue of blood many days out of her ordinary time, or that ceaseth not to flow after the monthly courses, as long as she is subject to this disease, shall be unclean, in the same manner as if she were in her flowers. 15:26. Every bed on which she sleepeth, and every vessel on which she sitteth, shall be defiled. 15:27. Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening. 15:28. If the blood stop and cease to run, she shall count seven days of her purification: 15:29. And on the eighth day she shall offer for herself to the priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: 15:30. And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her uncleanness.

[Reformed Biblical] give suck to their own children. Leviticus 15:20 Leviticus 15:21 Leviticus 15:22 Leviticus 15:23 Leviticus 15:24 ## He shall be unclean seven days, if he did this unwitingly; but if the man and woman did this knowingly, this was a gross sin, Eze_18:6; and they being accused and convicted were punished with death, Lev_20: 18; for as there was a turpitude in the action, so it was very prejudicial to the children then begotten, who were commonly weak, or leprous, or otherwise disordered; which was also an injury to the commonwea lth of Israel, and redounded to the dishonour of God, and of the true religion, that the professors thereof gave such public evidence of their intemperance. Leviticus 15:25 The time of her separation, to wit, the seven days mentioned Lev_12:2, as suppose she had the emerods, &c. Leviticus 15:26 Leviticus 15:27 Leviticus 15:28 ## Seven days from the stoppi ng of her issue,