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

1Adonai spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: When any man has a fluid discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. 3This is to be his uncleanness in his discharge. Whether his body flows with his discharge or his body obstructs his discharge, it is his uncleanness. 4“Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies will become unclean, and everything 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 gods so near to them, as Adonai our God is whenever we call on Him?
• Nehemiah 9:13“You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just judgments, reliable laws, and good statutes and mitzvot.
• Psalms 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob and ordained Torah in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach their children,
• Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His decrees and His rulings to Israel.
• Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they were entrusted with the sayings of God.
• Leviticus 22:4“None of the offspring of Aaron who has tza'arat or has a discharge shall eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead or a man whose seed discharges from him
• Numbers 5:2“Command Bnei-Yisrael to send out from the camp everyone with tza'arat, who has some kind of discharge, or any contaminated by a dead body.
• 2 Samuel 3:29May it whirl on Joab’s head and on all his father’s house. May the house of Joab never be without someone with discharge or tza'arat, lame or one fallen by the sword or one who lacks food.”
• Matthew 9:20Just then a woman, losing blood for twelve years, came from behind and touched the tzitzit of His garment.
• Mark 5:25And there was a woman with a blood flow for twelve years,
• Mark 7:20And He continued, “It is what comes out of the man that makes the man unholy.
• Luke 8:43And there was a woman with a blood flow for twelve years, who 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