Leviticus Chapter 15

Unclean discharges and their cleansing

15:1 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” For more info click here
and to Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here
, saying,
15:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his flesh, [because of] his discharge [is] unclean.
15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge whether his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh be stopped up from his discharge, that [is] his uncleanness.
15:4 Any bedding, on where he lies with the discharge, is unclean and everything, where he sits, shall become unclean.
15:5 And anyone touches his bedding shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:6 And he that sits on [any] thing where he sat that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:7 And he that touches the flesh of him that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:8 And if he that has the discharge spit on him that is clean ; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:9 Any saddle which he rides on that has the discharge shall become unclean.
15:10 And anyone touches anything that was beneath him shall be unclean until the evening and he that carries [any of] those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:11 And anyone he touches that has the discharge, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:12 And the pottery, that he touches which has the discharge, shall be broken and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed with water.
15:13 And when he that has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge ; then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall become clean.
15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take for him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
to entrance of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here
of the congregation, and give them to the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here

15:15 And the priest כֹּהֵן 
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
shall offer them, the one [for] a sinחָטָא
Transliteration:ḥāṭā’ Pronunciation:khaw-taw’ – verb A primitive root From an archery term meaning to miss the mark For more info click here
offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering; and the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
shall make an atonement for him before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
for his discharge.
15:16 And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:17 And every garment, or anything of leather, where the seed of copulation is, shall be washed with water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie [with] seed of copulation, they shall [both] bathe [themselves] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.

A woman has a discharge of blood


15:19 And when a woman has a discharge, [and] her discharge in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days and anyone touches her shall remain unclean until the evening.
15:20 And everything that she reclines on in her separation shall become (in her separation) unclean; anything that she sits on shall become unclean.
15:21 And anyone touches her bedding shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:22 And anyone touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:23 And if it [is] on [her] bed, or on anything where she sits, when he touches it, he shall become unclean until the evening.
15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her in her state of separation will be on him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and all the bed where he lies shall become unclean.
15:25 And if a woman have a discharge of her blood many days out of the period of her separation , or if it flow beyond the time of her separation ; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be like the days of her separation she [shall be] unclean.
15:26 Any bedding where she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bedding of her separation and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, like the uncleanness of her separation .
15:27 And anyone touches those things shall become unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and remain unclean until the evening.
15:28 But if she be cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
, to the entrance of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here
of the congregation.
15:30 And the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
shall offer the one [for] a sinחָטָא
Transliteration:ḥāṭā’ Pronunciation:khaw-taw’ – verb A primitive root From an archery term meaning to miss the mark For more info click here
offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering; and the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
shall make an atonement for her before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
for the discharge of her uncleanness.
15:31 So shall y’all separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness ; that they don’t die as a result of their uncleanness, if they defile My tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here
that [is] among them.
15:32 This [is] the instructionתּוֹרָה ‎
Tōrā,/ˈtɔːrə, ˈtoʊrə/; law, teaching, direction, instruction – The first five books of the Bible or also called “the books of Moses” comes from an archery term meaning to shoot.
of him that has a discharge, and [of him] whose seed goes from him, and is defiled with that;
15:33 And of her who suffers through her separation, and of him that has a discharge, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.

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