Leviticus 15:1

THE MESSAGE

God spoke to Moses and Aaron: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When a man has a discharge from his genitals, the discharge is unclean. Whether it comes from a seepage or an obstruction he is unclean. He is unclean all the days his body has a seepage or an obstruction.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron,

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New American Standard Bible
The LORD also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
THE LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE talked with Moses and Aaron, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron, `and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ God spoke to Moses and Aaron: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When a man has a discharge from his genitals, the discharge is unclean. Whether it comes from a seepage or an obstruction he is unclean. He is unclean all the days his body has a seepage or an obstruction. ⁴"Every bed on which he lies is ritually unclean, everything on which he sits is unclean. If someone touches his bed or sits on anything he's sat on, or touches the man with the discharge, he has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains unclean until evening. ⁸"If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains unclean until evening. Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides is unclean. Whoever touches anything that has been under him becomes unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such an object must wash his clothes and bathe with water; he remains unclean until evening. If the one with the discharge touches someone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water; he remains unclean until evening. ¹² "If a pottery container is touched by someone with a discharge, you must break it; a wooden article is to be rinsed in water. ¹³"When a person with a discharge is cleansed from it, he is to count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe in running water. Then he is clean. On the eighth day he is to take two doves or two pigeons and come before God at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest. The priest then offers one as an Absolution-Offering and one as a Whole-Burnt-Offering and makes atonement for him in the presence of God because of his discharge. ¹⁶"When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water; he remains unclean until evening. Every piece of clothing and everything made of leather which gets semen on it must be washed with water; it remains unclean until evening. When a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both are to wash in water; they remain unclean until evening.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Aaron: Leviticus 11:1, Leviticus 13:1, Psalms 25:14, Amos 3:7, Hebrews 1:1

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:3 - the uncleanness Leviticus 7:21 - the uncleanness Leviticus 15:32 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."

Genesis 15:4
Then God 's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"

Genesis 15:6
And he believed! Believed God ! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."

Genesis 15:10
He brought all these animals to him, split them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. But he didn't split the birds. Vultures swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them off. As the sun went down a deep sleep overcame Abram and then a sense of dread, dark and heavy.

Genesis 15:17
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses. That's when God made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria—the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 21:17
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."

Exodus 14:13
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you're never going to see them again.

Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong. Take courage. Don't be intimidated. Don't give them a second thought because God , your God, is striding ahead of you. He's right there with you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... Aaron is spoken to as well Moses, because some of these purifications, after mentioned, depended on the priest, as the affair of profluvious men and women, as Gersom observes:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This chapter would seem to take its place more naturally before Leviticus 12:1-8, with the subject of which it is inmediately connected. Compare especially Leviticus 12:2 with Leviticus 15:19. It stands here between two chapters, with neither of which has it any close connection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XV

Laws concerning uncleanness of men, 1-12.

Mode of cleansing, 13-15.

Of uncleanness, accidental and casual, 16-15.

Laws concerning the uncleanness of women, 10-27.

Mode of cleansing, 28-30.

Recapitulation of the ordinances relative to the preceding

cases, 31-33.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV