5 Smooth Stones, Leviticus 15, The Laws of Ritual Impurity

Leviticus 15; Matthew 15:11; Luke 8:43; 2 Samuel 11:4; Leviticus 20:18

We are walking in today:  5 Smooth Stones, Leviticus 15, The Laws of Ritual Impurity

Witness just throughout the Bible:  H6662 tzaddik just, lawful, righteous, correct
Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 16:18, 16:20, 25:15, 32:4; 2 Samuel 23:3; Isaiah 26:7, 29:20; Hosea 14:9; Habakkuk 2:4; Zephaniah 3:5; Nehemiah 9:33; Job 4:17, 34:17; Psalm 7:9, 37:12; Proverbs 3:33, 4:18, 9:9, 10:6-7, 10:20, 10:31, 11:1, 11:9, 12:13, 12:21, 13:22, 24:6; Matthew 1:19, 5:45, 13:29; John 5:30; Romans 1:17, 2:13, 7:12; Hebrews 12:23; 1 John 1:9

This chapter deals with the things that make us ritually unclean.  This instruction was given for the well-being of the Children of Israel for how they were to keep the holy things and places holy.  This instruction is very important that they would not loose their lives in making the holy things profane.  He, Yahweh is a holy God and will not have anything come before Him that is unholy.  This is defined by the emission of seamen in men and the monthly flow of blood in women.  This would also include sexual relations between the husband and wife.  To become clean after these emissions or discharges they were to wash their bodies and clothing and would be clean at sunset.  Also anything that had the discharge had fallen upon was to be washed and clean in the evening unless a vessel made of clay would be broken.  This was done so that another would not touch, and be made unclean as well.  This instruction was to prevent the people from unknowingly entering into the holy places in an ritually unclean status.  At the time of first spotting of a woman's monthly flow she was to wait 7 days and then bathe in running water and wash clothes, then bring a sacrifice to the priest, she would then be clean.  For any other emissions outside the regular monthly flow for women or discharge in men that was not during sex would require that they would be unclean until the blood or discharge stopped, then they are to count 7 days and then bathe in running water and to wash their clothes.  Then they could approach the priest with a sacrifice to be made ritually clean.
According to Leviticus 15, the woman with the issue of blood in Luke 8 was not to go out due to the issue of blood that she had for 12 years.  It would not be lawful for her to touch others or others to touch her, else they too would become ritually unclean.  She was able to touch the hem or the tzizit of Yeshua's tallit or prayer shawl.  This shows us that He could not be made unclean for He came to heal and open up our understanding of scripture. Fiveamprayer we have to see the importance of His teaching and instruction, that was given for our benefit--health and well being.  We do not keep the Torah, the Torah keeps us!  To hear this again click here.