Leviticus 15:3

Leviticus 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
• New International Version (NIV)Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Leviticus 15:3

1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, his discharge is unclean. This shall be [the law concerning] his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body allows its discharge to flow or obstructs its flow; it is uncleanness in him. 4Every bed on which the one who has the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean. 5Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;

Leviticus 15:3 word by word

וְזֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ רָ֣ר בְּשָׂר֞וֹ אֶת־זוֹב֗וֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּ֤ים בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And this shall be his uncleannessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• in his issueזוֹבzôb · dischargeH2101
• whether his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• runרִירrûr · to runH7325
• be stoppedחָתַםchâtham · to sealH2856

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:3

• Leviticus 12:3On the eighth day the flesh of the male child’s foreskin shall be circumcised.
• Ezekiel 16:26You also prostituted yourself with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors [by embracing their pagan rituals], and you multiplied your obscene immorality to provoke Me to anger.
• Ezekiel 23:20For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33The idea of normal and abnormal, along with the created order, helps interpret these rules (see “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note). Bodily discharges, like infections (see study note on Leviticus 13:1–46), were not considered "normal" because they weakened a person's health. This made the person seem incomplete. Whether male (15:1–18) or female (15:19–33), such a person became unclean.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-182. When any man hath a running issue--This chapter describes other forms of uncleanness, the nature of which is sufficiently intelligible in the text without any explanatory comment. Being the effects of licentiousness, they properly come within the notice of the legislator, and the very stringent rules here prescribed, both for the separation of the person diseased and for avoiding contamination from anything connected with him, were well calculated not…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:3

• Defilement
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Even; Evening; Eventide
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• John the Baptist
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Leviticus 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings