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 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

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3And 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. 4Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, 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 4:7“For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
• Nehemiah 9:13“You came down also on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.
• Psalms 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
• Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
• Romans 3:2Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God.
• Leviticus 22:4‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,
• Numbers 5:2“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.
• 2 Samuel 3:29Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and let there never fail to be in the house of Joab one who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
• Matthew 9:20And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.
• Mark 5:25Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,
• Mark 7:20And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.
• Luke 8:43Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and 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