The man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must washĬlothing and body and will be unclean until evening. With him becomes "unclean" ( JPS Commentary: Leviticus, page 93). The man is "unclean" and anyone or anything that comes in contact Involuntary discharge or the inability to discharge semen due to disease or Literal translation is "from his flesh." This verse addresses two problems: an While theĭischarge continues, the nature of his uncleanness is as follows: Whether hisīody allows the discharge to flow or whether it retains it, he is unclean. To the Israelites and say to them: 3 "WhenĪ man has a discharge from his body, that discharge is unclean. Pertained to sexuality had a role in both cultic worship and the associated rituals. Unlike all other ancient Near Eastern religious cults where everything that Sexually impure persons were prohibited from entering the center of worship, Sanctuary must reflect that same condition of perfection ( Lev 11:44-45 12:4). Linked to sin in the world as related to ritual impurity, taking us back to theĬoncept that in Eden there was no illness or impurities and the new Eden of the Organs that are the result of illness or infection. Most of this chapter addresses discharges from the sexual Anyone who picks up such an object must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.ġ1 All those whom the man with the discharge touches without having washed his hands must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.ġ2 The earthenware vessel he touches must be broken and any wooden utensil must be rinsed. While the discharge continues, the nature of his uncleanness is as follows: Whether his body allows the discharge to flow or whether it retains it, he is unclean.Ĥ Any bed the man lies on and anything he sits on will be unclean.ĥ Anyone who touches his bed must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.Ħ Anyone who sits where the man has sat must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.ħ Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.Ĩ If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.ĩ Any saddle the man has ridden on will be unclean.ġ0 All those who touch any object that has been under him will be unclean until evening. Please read Leviticus 15:1-12: Regulations Concerning theġ5:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:Ģ 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them:ģ "When a man has a discharge from his body, that discharge is unclean. abnormal vaginal discharges of blood (vs.abnormal discharges from sex organs (vs.This section of instruction follows this basic outline: Impurities continues in Chapter 15, addressing defilement from: Yahweh's instruction to Moses and Aaron concerning ritual Waters of the Flood the power to cleanse the earth, so too, God the Holy SpiritĬleanses, purifies, and re-news humanity in the Sacrament of Christian baptism That just as the Spirit of God moved over the waters in Creation and gave the The new birth consecration of the believer-body and soul-to God. Levitical rituals of purification that restored persons cured of contagiousĭiseases (the result of sin in the world) through ritual washing and anointing prefiguredĬhristian baptism in the forgiveness of the contamination of original sin and in Stress is also necessary for New Covenant believers in his letter to the Romans The Law of the Sinai Covenant was meant to train God's peopleīoth in holiness and in the obedience of faith, an attribute that St.
Water that every one who was unclean was purified in accordance with the law,Īnd even their garments were washed with water. That God washed away the sin of the world in the time of Noah. Scripture testifies to the fact that water is purifying. We pray in the name of God the Father, theīeginning "the spirit of God moved over the waters," and over and again Study the patterns of rites and rituals that looked forward to fulfillment in To Your covenant people down through the ages. Was our "Day of Atonement." We thank You, Lord, for the mercy You have extended The day He offered up His life on the altar of the Cross Sent Your Son to expiate our sins and to wash us in the holy purification of The rituals of purification and blood sacrifice in the OldĬovenant were models or patterns of what You intended to give mankind when You The Rules Concerning Personal Uncleanness and
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