Leviticus 15:2

Leviticus 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:2

1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his member, he is unclean. 3This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge, he is unclean. 4Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:2 word by word

דַּבְּרוּ֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ זָ֣ב מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ זוֹב֖וֹ טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, When anyאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hath a running issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• out of his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• his issueזוֹבzôb · dischargeH2101
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:2

• Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to him?
• Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions, and good statutes and commands.
• Psalms 78:5He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children
• Psalms 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgments to Israel.
• Romans 3:2Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the very words of God.
• Leviticus 22:4No man of Aaron’s descendants who has a skin disease or a discharge is to eat from the holy offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person or by a man who has an emission of semen,
• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.
• 2 Samuel 3:29May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.”
• Matthew 9:20Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,
• Mark 5:25Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years
• Mark 7:20And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
• Luke 8:43A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any,

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2When any man hath a running issue - The cases of natural uncleanness, both of men and women, mentioned in this chapter, taken in a theological point of view, are not of such importance to us as to render a particular description necessary, the letter of the text being, in general, plain enough. The disease mentioned in the former part of this chapter appears to some to have been either the consequence of a very bad infection, or of some criminal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2bodily discharge (literally a flowing from his flesh): Most scholars think the word flesh refers to sexual organs, suggesting an infection like gonorrhea. Others believe it might mean a discharge of semen or even diarrhea. But a discharge of semen is improbable because it is specifically mentioned in Leviticus 15:16–17 and only requires washing with water. It is clear that this bodily discharge came from "under him" (15:10). It contaminated anything he…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 15:2

• Defilement
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Ablution
• Clean
• Sinoffering
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse

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