Leviticus 15:2
1 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
3 This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
- KJV
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
- WEB
- “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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man have a flux from his flesh, because of his flux he is unclean.
- BLB
- “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘Any man—when there is a discharge from his flesh his discharge—it [is] unclean.
- ÅB
- Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Når det går ut flod fra en manns legeme, da er han uren for sitt flods skyld.
- OTB
- "Tal til israelittene og si til dem: 'Når en mann har en utflod fra kroppen sin, er hans utflod uren.
- B1930
- Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Når det går ut flod fra en manns legeme, da er han uren for sitt flods skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 3:29
May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
Read in contextNumbers 5:2
“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.
Read in contextLeviticus 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. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Read in contextMatthew 9:20
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
Read in contextMark 7:20–23
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19–20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 78:5
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Read in contextRomans 3:2
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
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