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Lev. 15:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running ζissuey out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

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Lev. 22:4• ⁴What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; (Lev. 22:4)

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Num. 5:2• ²Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: (Num. 5:2)

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2 Sam. 3:29• ²⁹Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. (2 Sam. 3:29)

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Matt. 9:20• ²⁰And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: (Matt. 9:20)

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Mark 7:20‑23• ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:20‑23)

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or, running of the reins.

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Deut. 4:7‑8• ⁷For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
⁸And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:7‑8)

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Neh. 9:13‑14• ¹³Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
¹⁴And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: (Neh. 9:13‑14)

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Psa. 78:5• ⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: (Psa. 78:5)

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Psa. 147:19‑20• ¹⁹He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
²⁰He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 147:19‑20)

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Rom. 3:2• ²Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. (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• ⁴What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; (Lev. 22:4)

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Num. 5:2• ²Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: (Num. 5:2)

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2 Sam. 3:29• ²⁹Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. (2 Sam. 3:29)

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Matt. 9:20• ²⁰And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: (Matt. 9:20)

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Mark 5:25• ²⁵And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, (Mark 5:25)

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Mark 7:20‑23• ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:20‑23)

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Luke 8:43• ⁴³And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, (Luke 8:43)

running issue.

or, running of the reins.

• Other cases connected with the weakness of nature are mentioned, but which point out that, sin having come in, all that is of nature, of the flesh, defiles….though being shameful, the case is supposed less morally serious than leprosy. In leprosy there was the manifestation of positive corruption, existing beforehand in the nature, which was admitted in the heart, so that a long process was necessary to purify the conscience. (“Leviticus 15” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man have a flux from his flesh, because of his flux he is unclean.