Chapter 15

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Aaron Lev 11:1, Lev 13:1; Ps 25:14; Amos 3:7; Heb 1:1


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unto the Deut 4:7-8; Neh 9:13-14; Ps 78:5, Ps 147:19-20; Rom 3:2

when any man It is not necessary to consider particularly the laws contained in this chapter, the letter of the text being in general sufficiently plain. It may, however, be observed, that from the pains which persons rendered unclean were obliged to take, the ablutions and separations which they must observe, and the privations to which they must in consequence be exposed, in the way of commerce, traffic, etc., these laws were admirably adapted to prevent contagion of every kind, by keeping the whole from the diseased, and to hinder licentious indulgences and excesses of every description. Lev 22:4; Num 5:2; 2Sam 3:29; Matt 9:20; Mark 5:25, Mark 7:20-23; Luke 8:43

running issue or, running of the reins


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Lev 12:3; Ezek 16:26, Ezek 23:20


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thing Heb. vessel

be unclean 1Cor 15:33; Eph 5:11; Titus 1:15


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Lev 11:25, Lev 11:28, Lev 11:32, Lev 13:6, Lev 13:34, Lev 14:8-9, Lev 14:27, Lev 14:46-47, Lev 16:26, Lev 16:28, Lev 17:15; Num 19:10, Num 19:22; Ps 26:6, Ps 51:2, Ps 51:7; Isa 1:16, Isa 22:14; Ezek 36:25, Ezek 36:29; Heb 9:14, Heb 9:26, Heb 10:22; Jas 4:8; Rev 7:14


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Isa 1:16; Jas 4:8


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Isa 1:16; Gal 1:8-9; 1Tim 4:1-3; Titus 1:9-10; 2Pet 2:1-3; Jas 4:8; Jude 1:4


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saddle The word merchav, from rachav, to ride, here rendered by our translators saddle, and frequently chariot. Mr. Harmer thinks rather means a litter, or coune, of which we have already given a description in Gen 31:34. Gen 31:34


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Lev 15:5, Lev 15:8; Ps 26:6; Jas 4:8


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whomsoever It is rather doubtful whether the words hath not rinsed his hands in water refer to him who was diseased, or to him who had his hands touched. Most understand it of the former, that if the person who had the issue rinsed his hands in water, just before he touched any one, he did not communicate any pollution; otherwise, he did. But the Syriac refers it to the person touched by him, though it seems strange that he should be cleansed by washing his hands, when perhaps some other part was touched.


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vessel Lev 6:28, Lev 11:32-33; Prov 1:21, Prov 1:23, Prov 3:21; 2Cor 5:1; Phil 3:21

shall be broken Ps 2:9


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seven days Lev 15:28, Lev 8:33, Lev 9:1, Lev 14:8, Lev 14:10; Exod 29:35, Exod 29:37; Num 12:14, Num 19:11-12

wash Lev 15:5, Lev 15:10-11; Jer 33:8; Ezek 36:25-29; 2Cor 7:1; Jas 4:8; Rev 1:5


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Lev 15:29-30, Lev 1:14, Lev 12:6, Lev 12:8, Lev 14:22-31; Num 6:10; 2Cor 5:21; Heb 7:26, Heb 10:10, Heb 10:12; Heb 10:14


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the one Lev 5:7-10, Lev 14:19-20, Lev 14:30-31

an atonement Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:31, Lev 4:35, Lev 12:7, Lev 14:18; Num 15:25, Num 25:13; Matt 3:17; Eph 1:6; Heb 1:3


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Lev 15:5, Lev 22:4; Deut 23:10-11; 2Cor 7:1; 1Pet 2:11; 1John 1:7


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skin The poorer class of Arabs of our times make use of mats in their tents; and other inhabitants of these countries, who affect ancient simplicity of manners, make use of goat-skins. Dr. R. Chandler, in his Travels in Greece, tells us, that he saw some dervishes at Athens sitting on goat-skins; and that he was afterwards conducted into a room furnished in like manner, with the same kind of carpeting, where he was treated with a pipe and coffee by the chief dervish. Those that are at all acquainted with Oriental manners, in these later times, know that their dervishes (who are a sort of Mohammedan devotees, a good deal resembling the begging friars of the church or Rome) affect great simplicity, and even sometimes austerity, in their dress and way of living. As these dervishes that Dr. Chandler visited sat on goat-skins, and used no other kind of carpet for the accommodation of those who visited them, so it should seem that the Israelites in the wilderness made use of skins for mattresses to lie upon, and consequently, we may equally suppose to sit upon in the day time, instead of a carpet.


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the woman Lev 15:5; Eph 4:17-19, Eph 5:3-11; 2Tim 2:22; 1Pet 2:11

unclean Exod 19:15; 1Sam 21:4-5; Ps 51:5; 1Cor 6:12, 1Cor 6:18; 1Thess 4:3-5; Heb 13:4


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and her issue Lev 12:2, Lev 12:4, Lev 20:18; Lam 1:8-9, Lam 1:17; Ezek 36:17; Matt 15:19; Mark 5:25

put apart Heb. in her separation


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Lev 15:4-9; Prov 2:16-19, Prov 5:3-13, Prov 6:24, Prov 6:35, Prov 7:10-27, Prov 9:13-18, Prov 22:27; Eccl 7:26; 1Cor 15:33


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Lev 15:5-6; Isa 22:14; 2Cor 7:1; Heb 9:26; Rev 7:14


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Lev 15:33, Lev 20:18; Ezek 18:6, Ezek 22:10; 1Thess 5:22; Heb 13:4; 1Pet 2:11


25
Lev 15:19-24; Matt 9:20; Mark 5:25, Mark 7:20-23; Luke 8:43


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Lev 15:5-8, Lev 15:13, Lev 15:21, Lev 17:15-16; Ezek 36:25, Ezek 36:29; Zech 13:1; Heb 9:14, Heb 10:22; 1Pet 1:18-19; 1John 1:7


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Lev 15:13-15; Matt 1:21; 1Cor 1:30, 1Cor 6:11; Gal 3:13, Gal 4:4; Eph 1:6-7


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Lev 15:14


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Thus shall Lev 11:47, Lev 13:59; Num 5:3; Deut 24:8; Ps 66:18; Ezek 44:23; Heb 10:29; Heb 12:14-15; Jude 1:4

that they Lev 19:30, Lev 21:23; Num 5:3, Num 19:13, Num 19:20; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 23:38, Ezek 44:5-7; Dan 9:27; 1Cor 3:17; These laws were principally intended to impress the minds of the Israelites with reverence for the sanctuary; and, on the one hand, to shew them what need they had of circumspection, and purity of heart and life, in order to worship the holy God with acceptance; and, on the other hand, that being sinners in a world full of temptations and defilements, they would continually need forgiveness, through the great atonement typified by all the sacrifices, and the sanctification of the Spirit, showed forth by all the purifications. While they were encamped in the desert, it would not be very burdensome to bring the prescribed oblations; but after they were settled in Canaan, many of them at a great distance from the tabernacle, this would become much more difficult. We may, however, observe, continues Mr. Scott, that many of the cases stated only required such washings as might any where be performed, and that those, respecting which sacrifices were appointed, would more rarely occur. We may also suppose, that provided these were brought, when the person who had been unclean first came to the sanctuary, it would suffice: though distance or other hindrances prevented its being done immediately, at the expiration of the seven days.


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Lev 15:1-18, Lev 11:46, Lev 13:59, Lev 14:2, Lev 14:32, Lev 14:54-57; Num 5:29, Num 6:13, Num 19:14; Ezek 43:12


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of her Lev 15:19-30

and of him Lev 15:24, Lev 20:18


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