Leviticus 15:32
in Leviticus 15This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;
KJV
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
⋯
This verse in Leviticus 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis is the law of him that hath an issue,.... In Lev 15:32 is a recapitulation of the several laws in this chapter, as of a man that has a "gonorrhoea": and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; involuntarily, that suffers a nocturnal pollution.
This site's exposition
This is the law of him who has a discharge
on Leviticus 15:32-33
The closing formula names the cases again, as 13:59 and 14:57 also close. The Mishnah gives two whole tractates to these thirty-three verses, Zavim to the man's discharge and Niddah to the woman's.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness--The divine wisdom was manifested in inspiring the Israelites with a profound reverence for holy things; and nothing was more suited to this purpose than to debar from the tabernacle all who were polluted by any kind of uncleanness, ceremonial as well as natural, mental as well as physical.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֥את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תּוֹרַ֖ת | torat | [is] [the] legal [procedure] of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַזָּ֑ב | hazav | the [one] discharging | H2100 → | 42 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר | vaasher | and [the one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תֵּצֵ֥א | tetze' | it will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמֶּ֛נּוּ | mimenu | from him | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| שִׁכְבַת־ | shikhvat- | a laying of | H7902 → | 9 times |
| זֶ֖רַע | zera' | seed | H2233 → | 229 times |
| לְטָמְאָה־ | letameah- | to be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| בָֽהּ׃ | vah | by <the> it |
זֹ֥אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
תּוֹרַ֖ת[is] [the] legal [procedure] of
toratH8451 →219 times
הַזָּ֑בthe [one] discharging
hazavH2100 →42 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רand [the one] who
vaasherH834 →5497 times
תֵּצֵ֥אit will go out
tetze'H3318 →1067 times
מִמֶּ֛נּוּfrom him
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
שִׁכְבַת־a laying of
shikhvat-H7902 →9 times
זֶ֖רַעseed
zera'H2233 →229 times
לְטָמְאָה־to be unclean
letameah-H2930 →162 times
בָֽהּ׃by <the> it
vah
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
Numbers 6:13Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
it leads to
- Acts 21:26
So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering…
- Acts 21:26
Through
Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:2
In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Joel 3:17
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Psalms 93:5
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
- Ezekiel 40:2
Through
Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
it leads to
- Numbers 5:19
And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s…
- Numbers 5:19
Through
Leviticus 14:54This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
it leads to
- Leviticus 14:32
This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
- Numbers 5:29
This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
- Leviticus 14:32
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Leviticus
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.