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.
• 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.
• 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 said to Moses and Aaron, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. 3Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: 4“ ‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything 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 4:7What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
• Nehemiah 9:13“You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.
• Psalms 78:5He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
• Psalms 147:19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
• Romans 3:2Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.
• Leviticus 22:4“ ‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,
• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
• 2 Samuel 3:29May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”
• Matthew 9:20Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
• Mark 5:25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
• Mark 7:20He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
• Luke 8:43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

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