of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
This is concerning the ceremonial uncleanness which women lay under from their issues, both those that were regular and healthful, and according to the course of nature (Lev 15:19-24), and those that were unseasonable, excessive, and the disease of the body; such was the bloody issue of that poor woman who was suddenly cured by touching the hem of Christ's garment, after she had lain...
Commenting on Leviticus 15:19-33
UNCLEANNESS OF WOMEN. (Lev 15:19-33) if a woman have an issue--Though this, like the leprosy, might be a natural affection, it was anciently considered contagious and entailed a ceremonial defilement which typified a moral impurity. This ceremonial defilement had to be removed by an appointed method of ceremonial expiation, and the neglect of it subjected any one to the guilt of defiling the tabernacle, and...
Commenting on Leviticus 15:19-33
Lev 15:32-33 Concluding formula. The words, “him that lieth with her that is unclean,” are more general than the expression, “lie with her,” in Lev 15:24, and involve not only intercourse with an unclean woman, but lying by her side upon one and the same bed.
Commenting on Leviticus 15:32-33