“ ‘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.
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“ ‘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.
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And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
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And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean.
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- Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
- Mark 5:25 A certain woman, who had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
- Luke 8:43 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any
- Leviticus 15:19-24 “ ‘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. “ ‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean. Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. If it is on the bed, or on anything she sits on, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening. “ ‘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.
- Mark 7:20-23 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, separation.
Hebrew, separation.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 15:25 And if a woman have an issue…
Lev 15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she [shall be] unclean.
Ver. 25. Have an issue.] As she had in Mar 5:25.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The time of her separation, to wit, the seven…
The time of her separation, to wit, the seven days mentioned Lev 12:2, as suppose she had the emerods, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of…
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation,.... As defiled and as defiling as that, Lev 15:20,
and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation; as such were when she was in that condition, see Lev 15:20.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Blood, hæmorrhoids. (Menochius) --- Flowers. Hebrew, "all the days…
Blood, hæmorrhoids. (Menochius) --- Flowers. Hebrew, "all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation. She shall be unclean."
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Issue of blood many days — For the…
25. Issue of blood many days — For the miraculous healing of the bloody flux see Mar_5:25-34, notes. Scarcely second to the physical discomfort of this ailment was the burdensomeness of the ceremonial defilement, secluding the person from society, and putting her nurses and physicians in peril of the same defilement.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25–30. If the issue be abnormal, it is of…
25–30. If the issue be abnormal, it is of the nature of a disease, and is treated in the same manner as the first case (Lev_15:2-15). The woman in the Gospel (Mat_9:20; Mar_5:25; Luk_8:43) was thus afflicted.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) Have an issue . . . many days.—The…
(25) Have an issue . . . many days.—The last case is that of a chronic issue, arising from a derangement in the constitution. This is the kind of complaint from which the woman suffered who came to Christ (Mat_9:20; Luk_8:44). As long as she suffered from it, which lasted sometimes for many years, she defiled and was defiling in the same way as in her menses.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 25-30. The fifth case of an issue that…
Vers. 25-30. The fifth case of an issue that of excessive menstruation, or menstruation occurring at the wrong time. This was probably the disease of the woman "who had an issue of blood". (Mat_9:20 Mar_5:25 Luk_8:43)
Ver. 25. The figure of the "woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years
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seems to rise up before us as we read, this verse. Jesus was going on an errand of mercy to heal the daughter of Jairus, and as he went the people thronged him. "And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment". (Mar_5:25-27)
I THE WOMAN"S STATE OF CEREMONIAL UNCLEANNESS. For twelve years she had not been allowed within the precincts of the temple, and had been unable, therefore, to take part in the public worship of God as appointed in the books of Moses. And during the whole of the same long period she had been in a state of separation from all about her: whoever touched her became unclean; the bed she lay upon was unclean; the seats that she sat upon were unclean; whoever touched the bed that she lay upon or the seat that she sat upon was unclean. No wonder if for this reason alone "she had spent nil her living upon physicians". (Luk_8:43)
II HER STATE OF PHYSICAL SUFFERING. She was afflicted with an exhausting disease, wasting her vital powers, and she suffered not only from that cause, but also from the vain attempts made by many physicians to relieve her, as well as from the anxiety of mind inseparable from her state of ceremonial impurity.
III WHAT SHE SOUGHT. Not to be cleansed as by a priest this could not be until she had been cured bat to be healed as by a physician. "For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole". (Mar_5:28) The Great Physician accepts her, and fulfils her desire; for however imperfect her faith might be, and. however uninstructed she might herself be, yet there was faith in her sufficient "to make her whole". (Mat_9:22)
IV HOW THE HEALING WAS WROUGHT. The cure was effected by the power of Christ conveyed through the touch of his garment, on the condition of the woman"s faith. In each of the miracles he uses such means as he thinks fit, and often different means, probably with the purpose in each case of awaking the spirit of the person to be healed so as to become capable of receiving the spiritual gift. As in the case of the lepers on whom he laid his hand, instead of becoming himself unclean, he becomes the channel of renewed life and health to those whom he touches.
V THE CEREMONIAL CLEANSING STILL TO BE EFFECTED. As the leper, after he had been healed by our Lord, had to "go and show himself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded", (Mat_8:4) so no doubt the woman cured of the issue of blood had to fulfill the legal requirement for her cleansing, by offering her sin offering and her burnt offering on the eighth day after her healing.
VI SPIRITUAL APPLICATION OF THE MIRACLE. Sin can only be healed by the power of God through Christ brought into spiritual contact with the soul of the sinner, and there must be something of faith and love in the heart of the sinner, however imperfect its manifestation may be, in order that that spiritual contact between God"s Spirit and his spirit may take place,
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 she will be as if she were in the…
she will be as if she were in the days of her period
This means that if the woman bleeds from her womb at any time other than her regular menstruation time, she is still unclean just like during her menstruation.
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She is unclean ... Whoever touches ... will be unclean
People whom other people may not touch are spoken of as if they were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
everything on which she sits will be unclean
Objects that other people must not touch are spoken of as if they were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:25-29 Normal menstruation required no offering from the woman…
15:25-29 Normal menstruation required no offering from the woman (15:19-24). A discharge of blood that exceeded seven days required a cleansing ceremony similar to that for the man cleansed of a bodily discharge (15:13-15; see also Matt 9:20-22).
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