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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:2

1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3And 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. 4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall 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 so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
• Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
• Psalms 78:5He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
• Psalms 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
• Romans 3:2Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
• Leviticus 22:4None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,
• Numbers 5:2"Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.
• 2 Samuel 3:29May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!"
• Matthew 9:20And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,
• Mark 5:25And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
• Mark 7:20And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
• Luke 8:43And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.

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