Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness: New Living Translation This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean. English Standard Version And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. Berean Standard Bible This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness. King James Bible And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. New King James Version And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge—whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. New American Standard Bible This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge. NASB 1995 ‘This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge. NASB 1977 ‘This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow, or whether his body obstructs its discharge. Legacy Standard Bible This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge. Amplified Bible This shall be [the law concerning] his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body allows its discharge to flow or obstructs its flow; it is uncleanness in him. Christian Standard Bible This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge, he is unclean. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his body secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his body secretes or retains anything because of his discharge, he is unclean. American Standard Version And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Contemporary English Version whether it is stopped up or keeps dripping. English Revised Version And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. GOD'S WORD® Translation He is unclean because of the discharge from his penis. Whether it is chronic or not makes no difference; he is still unclean. Good News Translation whether the penis runs with it or is stopped up by it. International Standard Version and this is the cause of his uncleanness—his discharge. Whether his body is releasing the discharge or his body has stopped the discharge, he's unclean. NET Bible Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge--whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, this is his uncleanness. New Heart English Bible This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness. All the days of the discharge of his body, even if his body obstructs his discharge, it is his uncleanness. Webster's Bible Translation And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh shall run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThis uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness. World English Bible This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand this is his uncleanness in his discharge—his flesh has run with his discharge, or his flesh has stopped from his discharge; it [is] his uncleanness. Young's Literal Translation and this is his uncleanness in his issue -- his flesh hath run with his issue, or his flesh hath stopped from his issue; it is his uncleanness. Smith's Literal Translation And this shall be his uncleanness in his flowing: his flesh running with his flowing, or his flesh sealed up from his flowing, it is his uncleanness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gathereth there. Catholic Public Domain Version And then he shall be judged subject to this fault, if a filthy fluid, at each moment, adheres to his flesh and gathers there. New American Bible Such is his uncleanness from this discharge, whether his body drains freely with the discharge or is blocked up from the discharge. His uncleanness is on him all the days that his body discharges or is blocked up from his discharge; this is his uncleanness. New Revised Standard Version The uncleanness of his discharge is this: whether his member flows with his discharge, or his member is stopped from discharging, it is uncleanness for him. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with its discharge or his body has stopped from its discharge, it is his uncleanness. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And this will be the defilement of his discharge: his flesh runs with his discharge or his flesh has ceased from its discharge; it is his defilement. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Brenton Septuagint Translation And this is the law of his uncleanness; whoever has a gonorrhoea out of his body, this is his uncleanness in him by reason of the issue, by which, his body is affected through the issue: all the days of the issue of his body, by which his body is affected through the issue, there is his uncleanness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Uncleanness of Men…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. 4Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.… 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. 2 Kings 5:10 Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. Ezekiel 36:17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. Matthew 8:2-3 Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 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.” ... Luke 17:12-14 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. John 13:10 Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” Acts 10:28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean. Romans 14:14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. 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. Treasury of Scripture And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Leviticus 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Ezekiel 16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Ezekiel 23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. Jump to Previous Allows Blocked Body Continues Discharge Flesh Flow Flowing Flux Goes Issue Law Moreover Part Run Runs Stopped Unclean WhetherJump to Next Allows Blocked Body Continues Discharge Flesh Flow Flowing Flux Goes Issue Law Moreover Part Run Runs Stopped Unclean WhetherLeviticus 15 1. The uncleanness of men in their issues13. The cleansing of them 19. The uncleanness of women in their issues 28. Their cleansing This uncleanness is from his discharge In the context of Leviticus, uncleanness often refers to a state that prevents individuals from participating in communal worship and requires purification. The discharge mentioned here is likely a bodily fluid, which in ancient Israelite culture, was associated with impurity. This reflects the broader Levitical concern with maintaining holiness and purity within the community, as seen in Leviticus 11-15. The concept of uncleanness is not necessarily moral but ritual, emphasizing the separation between the holy and the common. whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it So his discharge will bring about uncleanness Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites on matters of cleanliness and holiness. 2. Israelites The recipients of the Levitical laws, who were called to live in a covenant relationship with God, marked by holiness and purity. 3. Tabernacle The central place of worship for the Israelites, where the presence of God dwelled, and where purity laws were especially significant. Teaching Points Understanding Ceremonial UncleannessThe laws in Leviticus 15:3 highlight the importance of ceremonial purity in maintaining a relationship with God. They remind us of the holiness required to approach God. Symbolism of Purity The physical laws of cleanliness symbolize the spiritual purity God desires. They point to the need for inner cleansing, which is fulfilled in Christ. Community and Worship The laws affected not just the individual but the community's ability to worship. This teaches us the importance of personal holiness in the context of communal worship. Christ's Fulfillment of the Law Jesus' ministry often involved healing and cleansing, demonstrating His authority over ceremonial laws and pointing to the deeper spiritual cleansing He provides. Practical Holiness While the specific laws of Leviticus are not binding on Christians, they call us to consider how we live lives set apart for God in our daily actions and interactions. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15What does 'unclean until evening' mean? What are the purification rules for bodily discharges? What does 'ceremonially unclean' mean? What does the Bible say about ritual impurity?(3) Whether his flesh run.--This verse defines more minutely the statement in the preceding verse. Hebrew Thisוְזֹ֛את (wə·zōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, uncleanness טֻמְאָת֖וֹ (ṭum·’ā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2932: Religious impurity is תִּהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be from his discharge, בְּזוֹב֑וֹ (bə·zō·w·ḇōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2101: A seminal, menstrual flux whether his body בְּשָׂר֞וֹ (bə·śā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man allows רָ֣ר (rār) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7325: To slaver, to emit a, fluid the discharge {to flow} זוֹב֗וֹ (zō·w·ḇōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2101: A seminal, menstrual flux or אֽוֹ־ (’ōw-) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if blocks it. הֶחְתִּ֤ים (heḥ·tîm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up So his discharge מִזּוֹב֔וֹ (miz·zō·w·ḇōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2101: A seminal, menstrual flux will bring about הִֽוא׃ (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are uncleanness. טֻמְאָת֖וֹ (ṭum·’ā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2932: Religious impurity Links Leviticus 15:3 NIVLeviticus 15:3 NLT Leviticus 15:3 ESV Leviticus 15:3 NASB Leviticus 15:3 KJV Leviticus 15:3 BibleApps.com Leviticus 15:3 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 15:3 Chinese Bible Leviticus 15:3 French Bible Leviticus 15:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 15:3 This shall be his uncleanness in his (Le Lv Lev.) |
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