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... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 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 gen... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 15:11. _AND WHOMSOEVER HE TOUCHETH_] Here we find that the saliva, sitting on the same seat, lying on the same bed, riding on the same saddle, or simple contact, was sufficient to render the person _unclean_, meaning, _possibly_, in certain cases, to communicate the disorder; and it... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 15:18. _THEY SHALL_ BOTH _BATHE_ THEMSELVES] What a wonderful tendency had these ordinances to prevent all excesses! The _pains_ which such persons must take, the _separations_ which they must observe, and the _privations_ which, in consequence, they must be exposed to in the way of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 15:24. _The common sense of all mankind has led them to_ avoid the gross impropriety referred to in this verse; and it has been a general opinion, that off-spring obtained in this way has been infected with leprous, scrofulous, and other deeply radicated diseases, from which they and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 15:29. _TWO TURTLES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS_] In all these cases moral pollution was ever considered as being less or more present, as even such infirmities sprang from the original defection of man. On these accounts _sacrifices_ must be offered; and in the case of the woman, one of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 15:31. _THUS SHALL YE SEPARATE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM_ _THEIR UNCLEANNESS_] By this _separation_ the _cause_ became less frequent, and the _contagion_, if it did exist, was prevented from spreading. So _pest-houses_ and _fever-wards_ are constructed for the purpose of separating... [ Continue Reading ]