Leviticus 15:25

"And if a woman have an issue of blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and every thing whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness."

None can say with authority just what the malady described here actually was, but the necessity of the sacrifice points up the seriousness of it. Of intense interest in this connection is the case of the poor woman who had suffered an issue of blood for a period of twelve years (Luke 8:43ff). Although it was contrary to the law for one to TOUCH her, she herself dared to TOUCH Jesus, however, just the hem of his garment. Whereas the TOUCH of such a person would have defiled others, it was not thus with Jesus. His TOUCH did not defile but removed all defilement!