Because it speaks of the private parts concerning the discharge, some scholars immediately jump on it as resulting from the sin of illicit sex. 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. It is from Christ where the Living Waters come. Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his body, And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge, Whether his body runs with his discharge, as I address, Or his body is stopped up by his discharge, Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, And everything on which he sits shall be unclean, Wash his clothes and bathe in water, as I say, Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, And be unclean until evening, yes because of that, Of him who has the discharge shall, as I say, If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, Then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water too, Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides, Shall be unclean, and nothing else besides, Whoever touches anything that was under him, as I say, Shall be unclean until evening; the turning of the day, Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, as well, And whomever the one who has the discharge touches, And has not rinsed his hands in water, as you know, He shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, And be unclean until evening; certainly it shall be so, That he who has the discharge touches, this is not good, And shall be rinsed in water every vessel of wood, And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, Then he shall count for himself for his cleansing seven days, Wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water, Then he shall be clean; He has entered a clean phase, On the eighth day he shall take for himself, Two turtledoves or two young pigeons; so he shall obey, And come before theLord, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, And give them to the priest, as to you I now say, The oneasa sin offering and the otherasa burnt offering, So the priest shall make atonement for him, Before theLordbecause of his discharge; this his proffering, And be unclean until evening; until the day is spent, Andthere isan emission of semen, such is seen, Our sins defiled us, only stained garments were seen, Our iniquities stained us through and through, But in Your amazing love, and in your magnificent mercy, You made a way for us to be brought back to You, Through the blood of Christ, ended the great controversy, We have been reconciled! c. If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean: The uncleanness could also be spread through saliva. And has not rinsed his hands in water, as you know And so either way, the transfer of defilement is. Whatever she sits on shall be unclean: The womans ceremonial uncleanness could be spread to any object upon which she lay or sat. 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. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. To be more specific, Peter is quoting there from Leviticus 11:44 or maybe 11:45. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast. It honors God, our future spouses, and ourselves. If you want to know what those verses are saying, watch the sermon. So follow Him and trust Him and He will do marvelous things for you and through you. It is the verb rur, or run. ii. But who can be pure in Your eyes? I am saved and free, no longer condemned to hell, The Lord is gracious; He has done it all for us The Hebrew says, And all garments and all skin. The garments are representative of the external appearance of a person, as we saw just a few verses back, as are items of skin. If we can just remember this, then it will all begin to make sense as we evaluate the verses. A rider on a donkey would be perceived as humble, a rider on a horse might be an officer. Cleansed from the defilement I bore b. Chapter 15. 2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: As we have seen on several important occasions, the Lord is speaking through Moses and Aaron, but His audience is specifically the children of Israel. We should be the most pro-sex people out there. See Genesis 38:9. Matthew Poole, In this verse, it mentions an emission of semen. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Why are discharges treated so seriously? Whether the exercise of such faculties be natural or unnatural, in the sight of a God of absolute holiness they are tainted with sin. (Morgan). Leviticus 15 New International Version Discharges Causing Uncleanness 15 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. Beyond building a culture of appropriate sexual restraint, there were additional benefits to these commands. And be unclean until evening, yes because of that, And he who touches the body It is a picture of two states of man. 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. God did not want this association in His worship. Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water The penalty for that life of sin is transferred to the innocent animal. b. c. It is his uncleanness: The status of unclean did not completely take the unclean one out of the community. -as to you I apprise, And whoever touches his bed shall During the time of his defilement, he is excluded from the benefits of the sanctuary. His body is stopped up by his discharge: One way of understanding this passage is that the discharge caused by the infection may block the opening in the penis. (Peter-Contesse). The running discharge is a sin of the flesh that is seen and noticed by all. Now eternally cleansed, and eternally pure, A few things about verse 16, and those to come. It must be so because what was forbidden under the Law of Moses is not even mentioned in the New Covenant. 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. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; A verse for neurotics if not properly understood. Second, sex is something sacred as it is the connecting of two sacred bodies in the most intimate way possible. Now it is used to indicate a shikvat zara, or emission of seed. What they had missed was the spirit and intent of what the passage is conveying to us. Our iniquities stained us through and through, But in Your amazing love, and in your magnificent mercy All people are born of mans seed, and thus all inherit Adams sin through the male. From his body: From the context, it is clear that this is a polite reference to the penis, the male sexual organ. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. 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. Obviously, a discharge refers to something other than just going to the bathroom or else every man who is unclean after an emission would be pretty much constantly unclean, including the high priest. 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. May we all learn how not to condemn but to extend grace to sinners, of which we all are. The life of sin, pictured by the discharge, is atoned for and covered over. The reason offerings had to be made for these discharges and not for the discharges of semen and menstruation was because they were considered abnormal. (Rooker), 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. [It] shall be broken And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; i. Now, in Christ, our consciences are to be cleansed. 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. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter of Deeper Waters. We are cleansed when we come to Christ, pictured by the coming of the new day at evening. Even if touched by a person who is unclean, they can be rinsed and cleansed. The act between the man and his wife (which it must be according to the Bible, in all dispensations and in all circumstances), is never considered either sinful nor to be abstained from, except when mandated by the Lord, under the law, and for specific reasons. 8Provide atonement, OLord, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel. And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood. 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. Its obviously something that is important to the Lord, or it wouldnt be in His word, but as always, we need to contemplate why this is so. The Passage: "You Shall Be Holy" (16:15-16) Nothing here says that. At the turn of the new day, He who sits on anything 1-15, 19-24), but it's still considered unclean and must be dealt with . How can we experience true freedom in Christ? Discharges Causing Uncleanness 15 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. That is used several times, including Isaiah 50:6 which is a prophecy of Christ being spat upon by others , I gave My back to those who struckMe, He shall not leave any of it until the morning. Before answering, this is something that is known to exist in many religions. i. The seed of man is how sin travels to the next generation of humans. 15Then the priest shall offer them, the oneasa sin offering and the otherasa burnt offering. Then the priest shall offer them, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. 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. That is seen in Ephesians 5:2. That is a complete abuse of what is being relayed in Genesis 38. That would defile a persons mind, even if they were not able to avoid that. (Y), 31You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[b](Z) which is among them., 32These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,(AA) 33for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.(AB). The. 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. The discharges are as follows: 1) A running discharge from a man ( Leviticus 15:2-15 ); based on the context, we assume the discharge flows from a man's sexual organs, although the text speaks only in general terms of "an unusual bodily discharge" ( Leviticus 15:2 ). 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. It was referring to the layer of dew which evaporated and left behind the manna for the children of Israel. It is from the earth, and it has never been alive. So let's turn and take a look together this morning at Leviticus 19, verses 1 and 2. All it says is, , Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.. 21The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release to you? There are noun and verb discharges in todays verses. 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. He took the male goat for the people's sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. Wash his clothes and bathe in water 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. These things were told to those under the law. And be unclean until evening Leviticus 15:2 Note that things that the man sat on during his defilement, those things under him (bed, chair, saddle), became unclean and a source of defilement themselves. The picture is fulfilled, the requirement in the law is ended. The man made unclean could spread his uncleanness through contact (every bed on which he lies shall be unclean). What is being conveyed is not simply for the priests to have rolled up in a scroll and secreted away for times of need, but it is to be regular instruction for the people at all times. Leviticus 15:1-18 Discharging Discharges, Part 1 You've heard the verses read. In either case running discharge, or one which is stopped up, the person is considered unclean. This corresponds to the first half of verse 4. b. (L) 14On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons(M) and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology by Jason Meyer. "'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 a. The verbiage regarding semen is quite different. . It might seem odd in looking at marriage to go to Leviticus 15, but these are issues with regard to sexuality. The other as a burnt offering as a life wholly offered to God as an acceptable and sweet smelling aroma to Him. As the seat of the conveyance signifies a type of authority, it would be more suitable to the picture to go back to the church with the pastor who is preaching a false message. Can such a thing ever come about? From the uncleanness which has spread from the infected person to the bed, their place of leisure, so the uncleanness transfers also to another person who would then touch that infected article. The living water is a picture of Christ as is specifically noted in John 4 and John 7. Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean. First point. In Christ, Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. (D) 6Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. It placed restrictions on them and required a ceremonial purification if and when the infection was gone. The whole burnt offering has been accepted as well 15(cont) So the priest shall make atonement for him before theLordbecause of his discharge. 10Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. The shekavah, or emission, has only been seen in one other account, Exodus 16. The word for discharge is, Understanding these various connotations of the word will help us to understand what the Lord is showing us in this chapter. Shall be unclean until evening; the turning of the day, He who carriesany ofthose things He then says this allows him to go about the Lords altar. The first is that of the private parts of a person. But if it was voluntary, and by a mans own procurement when awake, it was esteemed abominable, and a degree of murder. And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. i. 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