Leviticus 15:28
in Leviticus 15When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
KJV
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
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This verse in Leviticus 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut if she be cleansed of her issue,.... The disease is healed, or a stop is put to it; there are no signs of it remaining: then she shall number to herself seven days; from the time she observed it to cease: and after that she shall be clean; having bathed herself according to the usual manner of unclean persons, for their cleansing; when she would be fit to be admitted to her husband, though not as yet into the tabernacle, until she had offered her offering next directed to.
This site's exposition
an issue of her blood many days
on Leviticus 15:25-30
A flow that runs past its time moves the woman from the short rule to the long one, and it lasts as long as the issue lasts. Mark 5:25 and Luke 8:43 have a woman who had lived under these verses for twelve years, spent all her living on physicians, and came up behind Jesus in a crowd. Under this chapter her touch carried her uncleanness to whatever she touched, and Mark 5:29-30 has the traffic running the other way, the fountain of her blood dried up and virtue gone out of him. Her cleansing here is the man's cleansing exactly, seven days counted and two birds on the eighth.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
All wicked courses, particularly idolatries, are compared to the uncleanness of a removed woman ( Ezek. xxxvi. 17 ), and, in allusion to this, it is said of Jerusalem ( Lam. i. 9 ), Her filthiness is in her skirts, so that (as it follows,
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We need not be at all curious in explaining these antiquated laws, it is enough if we observe the general intention; but we have need to be very cautious lest sin take occasion by the commandment to become more exceedingly sinful; and exceedingly sinful it is when lust is kindled by sparks of fire from God's altar.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִֽם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| טָהֲרָ֖ה | taharah | she has become pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
| מִזּוֹבָ֑הּ | mizovah | from discharge her | H2101 → | 13 times |
| וְסָ֥פְרָה | vesaferah | and she will count | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לָּ֛הּ | lah | for <the> herself | ||
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְאַחַ֥ר | veachar | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| תִּטְהָֽר׃ | tithar | she will be pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
וְאִֽם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
טָהֲרָ֖הshe has become pure
taharahH2891 →94 times
מִזּוֹבָ֑הּfrom discharge her
mizovahH2101 →13 times
וְסָ֥פְרָהand she will count
vesaferahH5608 →159 times
לָּ֛הּfor <the> herself
lah
שִׁבְעַ֥תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִ֖יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וְאַחַ֥רand after
veacharH310 →715 times
תִּטְהָֽר׃she will be pure
titharH2891 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Deuteronomy 21:23
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
- Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
- 1 Peter 1:18–21
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 1 Peter 2:24
Through
1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Ephesians 1:7
Through
Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
it leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 7:14
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.