Leviticus 15:2
New International Version
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.

New Living Translation
“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.

English Standard Version
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

Berean Standard Bible
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

King James Bible
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

New King James Version
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

New American Standard Bible
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

NASB 1995
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

NASB 1977
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

Amplified Bible
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, his discharge is unclean.

Christian Standard Bible
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his member, he is unclean.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his body, he is unclean.

American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

Contemporary English Version
to say to the community of Israel: Any man with an infected penis is unclean,

English Revised Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Tell the Israelites: If a man has a discharge from his penis, his discharge is unclean.

Good News Translation
for the people of Israel. When any man has a discharge from his penis, the discharge is unclean,

International Standard Version
"Tell the Israelis that when a man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean,

Majority Standard Bible
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

NET Bible
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

New Heart English Bible
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.

Webster's Bible Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

World English Bible
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When there is discharging out of the flesh of any man, he [is] unclean [from] his discharge;

Young's Literal Translation
Speak unto the sons of Israel, and ye have said unto them, When there is an issue out of the flesh of any man, for his issue he is unclean;

Smith's Literal Translation
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man, a man, there shall be a flowing from his flesh, his flowing unclean.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The man who undergoes a flow of seed shall be unclean.

New American Bible
Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a genital discharge, he is thereby unclean.

New Revised Standard Version
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his member, his discharge makes him ceremonially unclean.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When any man has a seminal discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
“Speak with the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man will be discharging from his body, his discharge is defiled.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, his issue is unclean.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatever man shall have an issue out of his body, his issue is unclean.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Uncleanness of Men
1And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. 3This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.…

Cross References
Numbers 5:2
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

Deuteronomy 23:10-11
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

2 Samuel 11:4
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

Leviticus 22:4-6
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— / the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

Leviticus 13:3
The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

Leviticus 14:2-32
“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. / The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, / the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. ...

Leviticus 12:2-8
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation. / And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised. / The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. ...

Leviticus 20:18
If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

Matthew 9:20-22
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. / She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.

Mark 5:25-34
And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. / She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse. / When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. ...

Luke 8:43-48
including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. / She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. / “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.” ...

Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

Acts 15:29
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. / But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. / The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. ...


Treasury of Scripture

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

unto the

Deuteronomy 4:7,8
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? …

Nehemiah 9:13,14
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: …

Psalm 78:5
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Leviticus 22:4
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

Numbers 5:2
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

2 Samuel 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

running issue.

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1. The uncleanness of men in their issues
13. The cleansing of them
19. The uncleanness of women in their issues
28. Their cleansing














Speak to the Israelites
This phrase underscores the direct communication between God and His chosen people, the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "speak" is "דַּבֵּר" (daber), which implies a command or authoritative instruction. This highlights the importance of the message being conveyed. The Israelites, as God's covenant people, were to live according to His statutes, setting them apart from other nations. This divine instruction emphasizes the communal and covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where God provides guidance for holy living.

and tell them
The phrase "tell them" reinforces the responsibility of Moses as a mediator between God and the people. The Hebrew root "אָמַר" (amar) suggests a declaration or proclamation. This is not merely a suggestion but a directive that requires attention and obedience. It reflects the seriousness with which God views the purity and holiness of His people, ensuring that they understand the implications of His laws.

When any man
This phrase indicates the universality of the law, applying to every individual within the community. The Hebrew word "אִישׁ" (ish) for "man" is often used generically to refer to a person, emphasizing that the law is not limited by social status or position. It underscores the personal responsibility each individual has in maintaining purity and adhering to God's commandments.

has a bodily discharge
The term "bodily discharge" refers to any abnormal flow from the body, which in the context of Levitical law, is considered a source of impurity. The Hebrew word "זוֹב" (zov) is used here, which can denote a variety of discharges, often associated with illness or infection. This reflects the ancient understanding of health and hygiene, where physical cleanliness was closely linked to spiritual purity. The regulation of bodily discharges served both a practical purpose in preventing disease and a symbolic purpose in teaching the Israelites about the nature of sin and impurity.

the discharge is unclean
The declaration of the discharge as "unclean" is significant in the Levitical context. The Hebrew word "טָמֵא" (tamei) means ritually impure or defiled. This concept of uncleanness is central to the holiness code in Leviticus, where physical conditions often symbolize spiritual realities. The state of being unclean required separation from the community and specific rituals for purification, illustrating the need for holiness and the separation from sin. It serves as a reminder of the pervasive nature of sin and the need for God's intervention to restore purity and fellowship with Him.

(2) A running issue out of his flesh.--Flesh, as is frequently the case, euphemistically denotes private parts. (See Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 16:4; Ezekiel 16:26; Ezekiel 23:20, &c.) . . . Verses 2-15. - The first case of an issue. It appears to be identical with the disease called by physicians gonorrhea, or, perhaps, blenorrhea (cf. chapter Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 5:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Say
דַּבְּרוּ֙ (dab·bə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Israelites,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

‘When
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

any
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

man
אִ֗ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

has
יִהְיֶה֙ (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a bodily
מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ (mib·bə·śā·rōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

discharge,
זָ֣ב (zāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

the discharge
זוֹב֖וֹ (zō·w·ḇōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2101: A seminal, menstrual flux

is unclean.
טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2931: Unclean


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