The Uncleanness of Issues and their Cleansing _As regards men_(1 18) 2. _an issue out of his flesh_ by flesh is here meant the private parts, as in Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 16:4. Everything which a man in this condition touched was unclean, so that anyone coming in contact with the man, or with a... [ Continue Reading ]
_saddle_ any seat in a carriage or other kind of conveyance is included.... [ Continue Reading ]
_without having rinsed his hands in water_ This is the only case mentioned in the law where a person who is unclean can, by washing his hands, avoid communicating uncleanness to another.... [ Continue Reading ]
The difference between the earthen and wooden vessel is the same as that in Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:32 f. The rabbis inferred from this verse that metal vessels should be washed. The Jew who purchased a brasen pot was bound to wash it, for it might have been handled by one who was ritually uncl... [ Continue Reading ]
When the man is physically cured, he has yet to observe the rules for ritual purification, and to offer sacrifices, a Sin-Offering and a Burnt-Offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
A similar precept is found in Deuteronomy 23:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
As unclean they could not take part in the service of the sanctuary. Similar limitations are found Exo 19:15; 1 Samuel 21:5 f.... [ Continue Reading ]
_As regards women_(19 30) 19 24. Normal periodical issues. The uncleanness of these issues is similar to that in the preceding case (cp. Leviticus 15:4), but no sacrifice is required at the close of the period. For the belief in early religions that in such cases special precautions were needed aga... [ Continue Reading ]
It is generally supposed that the case treated in this verse is different from that contemplated in Leviticus 18:19; Leviticus 20:18. If, as some think, the three passages refer to the same act, they cannot all be from the same source.... [ Continue Reading ]
If the issue be abnormal, it is of the nature of a disease, and is treated in the same manner as the first case (Leviticus 15:2). The woman in the Gospel (Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 8:43) was thus afflicted.... [ Continue Reading ]
A reason for these purifications is given. _my tabernacle_ Another name for the tabernacle is (Heb. _mishkân) dwelling_, e.g. Exodus 25:9 R.V. mg. In Exodus 25-27, and in parts of 35 40 the word is used to denote the structure described in 26, 36, and distinguished as the -tabernacle" from the -tent... [ Continue Reading ]
The concluding _vv_. include all the cases mentioned in this chapter. Cp. the conclusion to ch. 11. The gradations in the methods of cleansing should be noted: (_a_) the uncleanness lasted till the end of the day, and ceased without any further ceremonial, -he shall be unclean until the even"; (_b_... [ Continue Reading ]