Leviticus 15: Keeping Clean Before God

God gives Israel rules about bodily discharges that made a person ceremonially unclean. They were to wash, wait until evening or for seven days, and sometimes bring two birds. These rules protected God's tabernacle among them.

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¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ “‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ He who sits on anything on which the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ “‘He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ “‘If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ “‘Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ “‘Whomever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² “‘The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ “‘When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ “‘On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ The priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ “‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ “‘If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days. Whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ “‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ If it is on the bed, or on anything she sits on, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ “‘If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed he lies on shall be unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ “‘If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period. She is unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ Every bed she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period. Everything she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ “‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ “‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean by it;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Wash with Water

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“‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.’”

Leviticus 15:31 (WEB)

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Read the verse aloud. Say: God gave His people rules about washing and keeping clean. God cares about our bodies and our whole life.

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God Dwells Among Them

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Read and Think

Leviticus 15 deals with bodily discharges, private matters of health and body. Some were part of normal life, and some were illnesses. All of them made a person ceremonially unclean for a time. Being unclean was not the same as sinning. It simply meant the person needed to wash and wait before coming near God's holy place.

The person washed his clothes, bathed in water, and was unclean until the evening. Things he touched could need washing too. For longer conditions, the person waited seven days after healing and then brought two birds for the priest to offer.

Verse 31 gives the reason: God's tabernacle was among them. The holy God lived in the middle of the camp. In Mark 5, a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years touched Jesus' clothes. Instead of Jesus becoming unclean, she was healed. Jesus called her daughter and sent her in peace.

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Was being unclean the same as sinning?
How long was a person usually unclean?
What reason does verse 31 give?
What happened when the woman in Mark 5 touched Jesus?

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The person washed his clothes, bathed in , and was unclean until the evening.
For longer conditions, the person waited days after healing and then brought two birds for the priest to offer.
The holy lived in the middle of the camp.

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What does it mean to you that God cares about your whole body, not only your soul?
How does the woman in Mark 5 show that Jesus is greater than uncleanness?

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“‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.’”

Leviticus 15:31 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making me clean. Help me . Amen.

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How did Jesus treat the woman others thought was unclean?
What does it mean to honor God with your body?

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Holiness and the Body

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Leviticus 15 addresses bodily discharges, some from illness and some a normal part of life for men and women. Each made a person ceremonially unclean for a period. The chapter is careful and practical: it explains washing clothes, bathing in water, and waiting until evening, and it lists objects that also needed cleansing. Ritual uncleanness was not moral guilt. It marked the difference between ordinary life and the holy presence of God.

For long-term conditions, the person counted seven days after being healed. On the eighth day, he or she brought two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the priest made atonement before Yahweh. The same pattern applied to men and women, showing God's equal concern for both.

The chapter ends with its purpose: Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. God's presence in the camp was a gift and also a responsibility. In Mark 5, a woman with a long-term flow of blood, the very condition in verse 25, reached out and touched Jesus' garment. Power went out from Him, she was healed, and He called her daughter. In Jesus, holiness flows outward to make people whole.

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Was ritual uncleanness the same as moral guilt?
What did a person bring on the eighth day after healing?
What does it show that the same pattern applied to men and women?
What is the purpose of the chapter according to verse 31?
Which verse in this chapter describes the condition of the woman in Mark 5?

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God's tent among them.
Some waited until ____.

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Sometimes they brought two ____.
Ready to come near again.
Some waited ____ days.
They had to ____ with water.

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Why might the woman in Mark 5 have been afraid to come forward, and how did Jesus treat her?
How can you honor God with your body this week?

Memory Verse

“‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.’”

Leviticus 15:31 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making me clean. Help me . Amen.

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Why were these rules about being ready for worship, not about being bad?
How can you show kindness to someone who feels left out because of sickness?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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