Leviticus 15:2,Deuteronomy 23:13

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 15:2

Speak unto the children of Israel ,.... From whence we learn, says the above mentioned writer, that these uncleannesses were only usual among the children of Israel, not among the Gentiles; that is, the laws respecting them were only binding on the one, and not on the other F19 So Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Edaiot, c. 5. sect. 1. : and say unto them, when any man ; in the Hebrew text it is, "a man, a man", which the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases, a young man, and an old man:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 15:2

When any man hath a running issue - The cases of natural uncleanness, both of men and women, mentioned in this chapter, taken in a theological point of view, are not of such importance to us as to render a particular description necessary, the letter of the text being, in general, plain enough. The disease mentioned in the former part of this chapter appears to some to have been either the consequence of a very bad infection, or of some criminal indulgence; for they find that it might be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 15:2

Verse 2 2When any man hath a running issue. He here alludes to other species of contamination, for which a solemn purification is required. And, first, he teaches that men are defiled by the flow of the seminal fluid, which occurs in two ways, either when it involuntarily bursts out in sleep, or when it escapes gradually in the disease, which the Greeks call γονόρ᾿ῥοια This Supplement might, as I have said, be appended to the Seventh Commandment, because every (17) indisposition arising from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

Secret sins. cf. Psalms 19:12 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 . We have already had occasion to discern as a clear lesson of the old ritual that sin is a nature. The old law did not confine itself to overt acts, but insisted on "sins of ignorance" being regarded as elements of guilt (cf. 1 Timothy 4:1-16 .). Then again we have sin shown to originate in birth (chapter 12); we have its tangible effects strikingly illustrated in the law of the leprosy (chapters 13, 14); and now we have the analysis... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

Uncleanness. Had sin never entered, there had been no disease. Diseases are consequences of sin; their symptoms are therefore taken as emblems of it. So when our Lord miraculously "healed all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease," he evinced ability to remove all corresponding moral evil. The examples specified in the Law are typical or representative, and are such as have symptoms pronounced and visible. I. THOSE WHO HAD ISSUES IN THE FLESH WERE UNCLEAN . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

Personal purity. It is not permissible to treat this chapter in any detail; to do so would he to act inconsistently with the very object of the legislation, viz, the encouragement of all delicacy of thought as well as propriety of conduct. But the fact that such a chapter as this (with others like it) is found in Scripture is suggestive and instructive. We gather— I. THAT PERSONAL PURITY WAS AND IS A MATTER OF THE VERY GREATEST CONSEQUENCE IN THE SIGHT OF... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:2-15

The first case of an issue. It appears to be identical with the disease called by physicians gonorrhea, or, perhaps, blenorrhea (cf. Leviticus 22:4 ; Numbers 5:2 ). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 15:2

Leviticus 15:2. A running issue A grievous and loathsome disease, and generally the consequence of sin. Such a one was in a state of uncleanness all the time it was upon him. “If it proceeded merely from innocent, accidental causes,” says Maimonides, “as a strain in the back, carrying too great a burden, or violent leaping, the man was not defiled with it, nor concerned in this law.” read more

Leviticus 15:2,deuteronomy 23:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 15:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 15:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 15:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 15:2-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 15:2

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