Leviticus 15 — Overview

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This chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men, a running issue, Le 15:1, which defiles him, and everything he touches, or that touches him or them, Le 15:4; the cleansing from which is directed to, Le 15:13; and seed flowing from him, Le 15:16; in women, their ordinary courses, Le 15:19; or extraordinary ones, Le 15:25; and the law for the cleansing of them, Le 15:28; and a recapitulation of the whole, Le 15:32.

Ver. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,....

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