But it was only a picture, a picture of Christ. And as we know, the law only points to Christ, to His work, and to the fallen state of man in relation to that. What is uncleanness all about? Statute for Cleansing Bodily Discharges. The discharges are as follows: 1) A running discharge from a man ( Leviticus 15:2-15 ); based on the context, we assume the discharge flows from a man's sexual organs, although the text speaks only in general terms of "an unusual bodily discharge" ( Leviticus 15:2 ). 21Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness. It said that there is something broken and inherently impure in us, even in what comes from us normally. I wash my hands in my innocence before You, O God As we have seen in other passages, everything in verses like this occurs simultaneously. When Jesus who was clean in every sense touched an unclean person, He made them clean (Luke 5:12-14). It is elsewhere translated as a chariot, and as a seat in a palanquin. Further, the affection of the dove for its mate makes it a splendid picture of Christ who is so affectionate for His people that He came to dwell among them and give Himself for them in order to purify them. Leviticus 15:3 'This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow, or whether his body obstructs its discharge. Look out! Wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water The answer is found in His superior word. (U) 22Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. Jude understood this, and was certainly thinking of this verse when he wrote , And on some have compassion, making a distinction;23but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire,hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Jude -22, 23. Sin is an infectious disease, and it renders all who come in contact with it unclean. In a radical way, this separated Israel from the spiritual and sexual practices of the surrounding peoples. As a divorced man now, I am having to make the pledge that until I remarry again, I will be abstaining from sex. It indicates that which flows or gushes. There is no coarse or inappropriate reference here. With him, he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. The word, As I said, the first section, which now begins in verse 2, is directed to uncleanness in men. First point. The bed and the chair are both places one occupies. Even if you have a lifetime of sin heaped up behind you, He can wash it away and purify you completely and wholly. Laws, rites, and sacrifices are revealed for cleansing those who have a discharge and other types of uncleanness. First, it could be that there is an unclean person because of a discharge. When King Saul was looking for a good time to kill David, a hint of this law is evident at the table he sat at , Then David hid in the field. For a person to hang around and fellowship with someone who is engaging in sin would then defile that person. Cleansed from the defilement I bore The declaration of semen as unclean in this passage illustrates the sharp distinction between Israelite religion and the pagan religions of the ancient Near East. This is why we are told to not have fellowship with deeds of darkness, but we are to put on holiness like a garment and keep ourselves from participating in these things. For one thing, the body matters. Thus He cut the line of sin because no human seed from a father was transmitted to Him. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Discharges Causing Uncleanness 15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. In this case, it extends to any bed upon which a person lies, or anything on which he sits. It was referring to the layer of dew which evaporated and left behind the manna for the children of Israel. a. The discharge in Lev 15:1-15 is not semen. b. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Leviticus 15 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: `When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. And everything on which he sits shall be unclean 26Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings () for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. The body is something good and it is something that God will raise us up in again. - New American Standard Bible 1995 In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge. Here we can see that an incidental engagement with sin is treated differently than a purposeful one. 18When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen,(S) both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. The New Testament not only says that the law is done away with, but it further clarifies the truth that the uncleanness from the emission is no longer unclean as well , Marriageishonorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4, The marriage bed is undefiled. 3 This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge . But if it was voluntary, and by a mans own procurement when awake, it was esteemed abominable, and a degree of murder. The Hebrew here says, bmayim khayim, or in living water. The private parts of the person are where life issues from. Leviticus 15:25, NIV: 'When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. I am saved and free, no longer condemned to hell, The Lord is gracious; He has done it all for us b. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. 21The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release to you? b. The first is that of the private parts of a person. Here, the same word is used which has already been seen, basar, or flesh. As there were lots and lots of Israelites, there were lots and lots of folks unclean until evening. It is a picture of being penitent, being made alive in Christ, and being immersed through baptism. As I said, the first section, which now begins in verse 2, is directed to uncleanness in men. 15(cont) So the priest shall make atonement for him before theLordbecause of his discharge. The pressure in that wastewater tank might lead to an explosive discharge. If that ever happens I speak from experience get ready for a long, long shower. They result in a state of uncleanness. Cleansed! The chapter itself is going to be divided up first, into defilement of men. The man made unclean could spread his uncleanness through contact (every bed on which he lies shall be unclean). 11And whomever the one who has the discharge touches, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. c. If any man lies with her: A man who had sex with a woman during her days of normal menstruation was also unclean seven days, following the course of the womans uncleanness. But the law says it does. Now eternally cleansed, and eternally pure, A few things about verse 16, and those to come. He has a good plan and purpose for you. Shall be unclean until evening; the turning of the day, He who carriesany ofthose things It indicates to seal, as a king would seal a document. Leviticus 15:19-33 Discharging Discharges, Part II Several times while going through Leviticus, I've brought up the obvious point that the things we look at in this book are almost completely spiritual in nature. The door of the tent of meeting means the altar of burnt offering. Yet a principle behind this command is universal, for every Christian and even every person: God commands sexual restraint. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water . Why are discharges treated so seriously? Even if touched by a person who is unclean, they can be rinsed and cleansed. In the end, just as evil company corrupts good habits, so evil communication corrupts good discourse and manners between men. The running discharge is a sin of the flesh that is seen and noticed by all. And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge. 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: Whether his body runs with his discharge, as I address Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. In Him, all defilement is washed away. Then he shall be clean; He has entered a clean phase, On the eighth day he shall take for himself That uncleanness would be spread to any person touching those objects made unclean. Discharges and emissions and oh boy. In Acts 15, the early Christian community properly discerned the work and will of God in the New Covenant: that under the New Covenant, the believer was not bound to these laws of ritual purity. As coverings, they were considered unclean until evening because of the transfer of the seed bearing Adams sin. However and secondly, it could be that the person who is touched by the unclean person immediately washes his hands, and is thus symbolically purified. That terminology was carefully explained in Leviticus 11 as pointing to the work of Christ. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. It is more valuable, considered non-porous, and thus non absorbent. This is in contrast to verse 13 which left off the word all, showing us that it was speaking of his private parts only there. Leviticus 15:1-12 The Lord saidto Moses and Aaron, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. Whether the exercise of such faculties be natural or unnatural, in the sight of a God of absolute holiness they are tainted with sin. (Morgan). If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. A rider on a white horse might be a general or a king. It is connected to the root ndd, meaning "to make distant." 15Then the priest shall offer them, the oneasa sin offering and the otherasa burnt offering. 26Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he deliveredHimto be crucified. Because it speaks of the private parts concerning the discharge, some scholars immediately jump on it as resulting from the sin of illicit sex. Leviticus 15:19 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20) Leviticus 15:19 - 'When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from discharge, it is uncleanness in him." (Leviticus 15:1-3 RSV) As you pass through life you unavoidably pick up certain infections which create bodily discharges like diarrhea and runny noses. -as to you I apprise, And whoever touches his bed shall If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. From his body: From the context, it is clear that this is a polite reference to the penis, the male sexual organ. As we have seen, these birds picture Christ in their simplicity, purity, and humility. Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. a. 13And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing. Now, some version of that phrase is found a few more times in Leviticus, and one of those places is our main text this morning. It can be a noun, as in the act of discharging someone from the hospital or from the military. It more refers to emissions of a sexual nature that are likely outside of regular sexual activity. So I will go about Your altar, OLord, During the time of his defilement, he is excluded from the benefits of the sanctuary. A person who runs with sins of the flesh defiles such a position with their discharge of sin. A person in the church might slip and join together with the drug addict. . Leviticus 15. He took the male goat for the people's sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. Either way, problems arise, because only the hands are mentioned, even if a different part of the body actually touched the other person. (c) 2021 TheEnduring WordBible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. Therefore, let us look to Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith. Shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, as well The answer is Christ. That is of course, unless youre in a country where they drive on the left side of the road, which would then be the right side of the road for you to drive on, even though its really the left side. He just wants to enjoy it in the way it was meant to be enjoyed and ultimately, the way that will provide us with the best joy. Many times, it uses euphemisms to speak of sexual activity or of sexual body parts. We are cleansed when we come to Christ, pictured by the coming of the new day at evening. And so either way, the transfer of defilement is symbolic. It honors God, our future spouses, and ourselves. One commentator I read goes so far as to say , which, though involuntary, might arise from some lustful dream or imagination. Thus, by implication, it indicates the discharge is stopped up. For the law-abiding Israelite, he was told to wash all his body in water. The bed is where one rests; the seating is where one engages in fellowship and discourse. This refers to an abnormal fluid that comes out of the male sexual organ as a result of some kind of sickness. (Peter-Contesse), ii. ii. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness. For someone who is not running with such a sin of the flesh, but who comes in contact with them, they also become defiled through that contact. Can such a thing be? 22Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? He shall not leave any of it until the morning. We have a tendency to think that if something is natural, it is pure. Lead us to the Fount from where all cleansing does flow And He will come again to judge. This is the set time for purification where the person continues in their defilement, just as we have seen elsewhere. a. And come before theLord, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting What they pictured is now fulfilled. If you missed that sermon, or if you forgot this, go watch the sermon. The term body, or flesh, in this chapter is used in a couple ways. I bet youre all excited to get into them. It was no sin to have a period. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This defiles a person, but it also defiles those who hear it. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD because of his discharge. 2(cont) When any man has a discharge from his body, his dischargeisunclean. In the NKJV, it is translated as body. Discharges from the body, or discharges from the flesh, are what we are looking at today. The flesh is what is opposed to the Spirit, and so he says to not fulfill the lust of the flesh. This is certainly what is seen here, or otherwise, it would have mentioned vessels of copper, brass, and so on. For example, a person who went into a leprous house would be unclean until evening, but if someone lay down in that house, they would not only be unclean, but would have to also wash their clothes. Three examples of this from Scripture will show the symbolism , Ifanyoneis found slain, lying in the field in the land which theLord your God is giving you to possess,andit is not known who killed him,2then your elders and your judges shall go out and measurethe distancefrom the slain man to the surrounding cities. This was not the case at the creation. If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. On which there is semen evident It was to be as commonly held knowledge to them as driving on the right side of the road is for us today. As Christians, our mission field would be sinners, let us lead all to repentance and to Christ instead of condemnation of their sins. 26Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, Something has happened to him; heisunclean, surely heisunclean. 1 Samuel 20:24-26. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. v. Our cleanliness is complete as we abide in Jesus: 1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. It is we who had walked away from You The word "discharge" has several meanings depending on the context. That is seen in several places in Scripture, such as in Hebrews 9:28. 10(cont) He who carriesany ofthose things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The other word meaning stopped up is new to Scripture, khatham. 1-15, 19-24), but it's still considered unclean and must be dealt with . Second point, which so many scholars seem to overlook it is the emission of semen, and not the act which led to it, that is unclean. First, most commentators say verse 16 is an involuntary emission. All it says is, , Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.. As unlikely as it seems at first, it appears that the washing of hands is actually a symbolic proclamation of innocence by the one who has been touched, rather than being a preemptive washing by the one who has the discharge in order to touch others. 3/ Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. If we were to look for what this is picturing, it is that which proceeds out of the mouth, and thus unclean communication. 1 and the lord spake unto moses and to aaron, saying, 2 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. Or his body is stopped up by his discharge In either case running discharge, or one which is stopped up, the person is considered unclean. Obviously, a discharge refers to something other than just going to the bathroom or else every man who is unclean after an emission would be pretty much constantly unclean, including the high priest. a. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. It doesnt apply to us now, and yet we know we are loved because of Christ. We are to separate ourselves from such evil. 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