Leviticus 15 - Introduction
_OF UNCLEANNESS BY ISSUES, AND THEIR PURIFICATIONS._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF UNCLEANNESS BY ISSUES, AND THEIR PURIFICATIONS._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND TO AARON, &C.— Some other cases respecting both sexes are here mentioned; and, no doubt, with the same view to moral purity, and reverence to the worship of God, as the former. We leave all physical remarks to the physicians.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT SADDLE— The original word מרכב _mercab,_ signifies any _riding-seat,_ whether in a chariot or on a horse: so Houbigant renders it, _every thing, on which he shall sit, or upon which he shall be carried._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER— Compare with Leviticus 15:11; Leviticus 15:21; Leviticus 15:27. REFLECTIONS.—The euphemism of the Scripture is beautiful, and to be imitated. Even when it speaks of evil things, it is in such a way as to avoid exciting evil ideas. The loathsome disease here mentioned, is... [ Continue Reading ]
_LEVITICUS 15:32_.— The threatened penalty for approaching the sanctuary in the circumstances mentioned in the text was death. And hereby veneration and awe were kept up in their minds for the tabernacle, and more for that holy God who dwelt in it. If even natural and involuntary infirmities were in... [ Continue Reading ]