And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
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
And whosoever toucheth her bed,.... The same thing that is said of a profluvious man, and so in Lev 15:22. . Leviticus 15:22 lev 15:22 lev 15:22 lev 15:22And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon,.... Which was appropriated to her to sit upon, as the Targum of Jonathan, which was her proper and peculiar seat, what she usually sat upon; such were obliged to...
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...
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