John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 15:3
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue ,.... Or the sign of it, by which it may be judged whether he is unclean by it or no: whether his flesh run with his issue ; or salivates, or emits a flow of matter like a saliva, or in the manner of spittle: or his flesh be stopped from his issue ; with it, or because of it; because it is gross, as Jarchi says, it cannot come forth freely: it is his uncleanness ; whether it be one or the other, he is reckoned on account of it an... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-18
We have here the law concerning the ceremonial uncleanness that was contracted by running issues in men. It is called in the margin (Lev. 15:2) the running of the reins: a very grievous and loathsome disease, which was, usually the effect and consequent of wantonness and uncleanness, and a dissolute course of life, filling men's bones with the sins of their youth, and leaving them to mourn at the last, when all the pleasures of their wickedness have vanished, and nothing remains but the pain... read more