Blessed are You, Yahveh our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to actively study Torah. Please Yahveh, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, Yahveh, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Blessed are You, Yahveh our Elohim, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, Yahveh, Giver of the Torah.
The Ruach of YHVH
has given us this week’s Torah instruction in the form of a chiastic structure.
- Introduction (vs 1,2)
B.
Abnormal male discharge (vs 2b-15)
C.
Normal male discharge (vs 15,17)
X. Marital relations (vs18)
C.
Normal female discharge (vs 19-24)
B. Abnormal female discharge
(vs 25-30)
A. Summary (vs 31-33)
We see the focus of
the Torah portion is on marital purity. We can safely assume this can also
refer to a “bride without spot or wrinkle” waiting and preparing for her soon
coming Bridegroom.
Sadly, the reality today is that believers who desire to be part of the
Bride of Messiah have been profoundly defiled by the defiled seed of false
doctrines and disobedience to the Torah – the marriage covenant between YHVH
and Yisrael is being renewed and revived once again in our time.
1Pe 1:23 having been born again –
not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim,
which remains forever, Luke 1:38
The end of this parashah contains a serious warning - Lev 15:31 ‘Thus you shall separate the children of
Yisra’ĕl from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they
defile My Dwelling Place which is in their midst.
אישׁ אישׁ כי –
‘’when a man a man’’
Lev 15:1
And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to
Aharon, saying,
Lev 15:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When any man(אישׁ אישׁ כי) has a discharge from his flesh, his discharge is unclean.
Why repeat ‘’man’’ twice in this
parasha? Most of the verses in this Torah portion are focused on men. Also, husbands
need to take the responsibility over their wives (not the pastors or rabbis) to
ensure they both comply with these and all other instructions in the Torah - Eph 5:24 But as the assembly
is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every
respect.
Eph
5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave
Himself for it,
Eph
5:26 in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the Word,[f] Footnote: f Rev_19:8-9.
Eph
5:27 in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having
spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and
blameless.
Eph
5:28 In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own
bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Eph
5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as
also the Master does the assembly.
Eph
5:30 Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His
bones.
Eph
5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Gen_2:24.
Eph
5:32 This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the
assembly.
Eph 5:33 However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
Abnormal male discharge (vs 2b-15)
Lev 15:2 “Speak to the children of
Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When any man(אישׁ אישׁ כי) has a discharge (Heb ‘’zav’’ an infectious flow)from his
flesh, his discharge is unclean.
Lev 15:3 ‘And this is his
uncleanness in regard to his discharge; whether his flesh runs with his
discharge, or his flesh is stopped up by his discharge, it is his
uncleanness.
Lev 15:4 ‘Any bed becomes unclean
on which he who has the discharge lies, and any object on which he sits becomes
unclean. (why and how could these infections happen?)
Lev 15:5 ‘And anyone who touches
his bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean
until evening.
Lev 15:6 ‘And he who sits on any
object on which he who has the discharge sat, has to wash his garments, and
shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Lev 15:7 ‘And he who touches the
flesh of him who has the discharge has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in
water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Lev 15:8 ‘And when he who has the
discharge spits (sneezes) on him who is clean, then he shall wash his garments,
and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Lev 15:9 ‘Any saddle on which he
who has the discharge rides becomes unclean.
Lev 15:10 ‘And whoever touches any
of that which was under him is unclean until evening. And he who is carrying
them up has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean
until evening.
Lev 15:11 ‘And anyone whom he who
has the discharge touches without rinsing his hands in water, shall wash his
garments and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Lev 15:12 ‘And the earthen vessel
which he who has the discharge touches has to be broken, and every wooden
vessel has to be rinsed in water.
Lev 15:13 ‘And when he who has a
discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven
days for his cleansing, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh
in running water, and be clean.
Lev 15:14 ‘And on the eighth day
he takes for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and shall come
before יהוה, to the door of the Tent
of Appointment, and shall give them to the priest.
Lev 15:15 ‘And the priest shall prepare them, the one as a sin offering and the other as an ascending offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before יהוה because of his discharge.
Normal male discharge (vs 15,17)
Lev 15:16 ‘And when a man has an
emission of semen, (שׁכבת זרע)then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until
evening.
Lev 15:17 ‘And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, shall also be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.
The focus or ‘’chais’’ of this Torah portion.
Lev 15:18 ‘And when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they both shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Normal female discharge (vs 19-24)
Lev 15:19 ‘And when a woman has a
discharge, and the discharge (זבה) from her flesh is blood,
she has to be in her separation for seven days. And whoever touches her is
unclean until evening.
Lev 15:20 ‘And whatever she lies
on during her separation is unclean. And whatever she sits on is unclean.
Lev 15:21 ‘And anyone who touches
her bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean
until evening.
Lev 15:22 ‘And whoever touches any
object that she sat on has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and
be unclean until evening.
Lev 15:23 ‘And if it is on the bed
or on any object on which she sits, when he touches it, he is unclean until
evening.
Lev 15:24 ‘And if a man lies with her at all, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days. And any bed he lies on is unclean.
Abnormal female discharge (vs 25-30)
Lev 15:25 ‘And when a woman has a
discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her monthly separation,
or when she discharges beyond her usual time of monthly separation, all the
days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her monthly separation.
She is unclean - Mark 5:25-29
Lev 15:26 ‘Any bed on which she
lies all the days of her discharge is to her as the bed of her monthly
separation. And whatever she sits on is unclean, as the uncleanness of her
monthly separation.
Lev 15:27 ‘And anyone who touches
them is unclean, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be
unclean until evening.
Lev 15:28 ‘But if she is cleansed
of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that
she is clean.
Lev 15:29 ‘And on the eighth day
she takes for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and shall bring
them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Appointment.
Lev 15:30 ‘And the priest shall prepare the one as a sin offering and the other as an ascending offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before יהוה for the discharge of her uncleanness.
Summary (vs 31-33)
Lev 15:31 ‘Thus you shall separate
the children of Yisra’ěl from their uncleanness, lest they die in their
uncleanness when they defile My Dwelling Place which is in their midst.
Lev 15:32 ‘This is the Torah for
one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean
thereby,
Lev 15:33 and for her who is sick in her monthly separation, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with an unclean woman.’ ”
What is the significance of this Torah
portion?
Since the fall of man in the garden
humanity has suffered from sexual dysfunction.
A new survey reveals
Americans—including evangelicals—are often confused about what constitutes a
righteous scriptural world view concerning normal human sexuality.
• Watching pornography without your partner
(31 percent)
• Going to a strip club without your
partner (37 percent)
• Going out to dinner with someone that you
are attracted to (53 percent)
• Sending flirtatious messages to someone
besides your partner (58 percent)
• Being emotionally involved with someone
besides your partner (67 percent)
• Actively maintaining an online dating
profile (68 percent)
• Sending sexually explicit messages to
someone other than your partner (75 percent)
• Romantically kissing someone other than
your partner (78 percent)
• Having a one-night stand with someone
other than your partner (77 percent)
• Having regular sexual relations with
someone other than your partner (82 percent)
The instruction of the Torah regarding
human sexuality is most often neglected or misrepresented.
Vayikra/Leviticus chapter 18 gives an extensive
guide as WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTAPTABLE HUMAN SEXUAL PRACTICE. Tragically religious
leaders have not instructed YHVH’s people about what is Set Apart and what is
PROFANE when it comes to this issue. The consequences have been catastrophic.
The consequences of sexual sin form much of the instruction of this Torah
portion.
Most religious leaders have failed to
declare all of YHVH’s counsel regarding this matter
Act 20:26 “Therefore I witness to
you this day that I am clear from the blood of all.
Act 20:27 “For I kept not back
from declaring to you all the counsel of Elohim.
Act 20:28 “Therefore take heed to
yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Set-apart Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the assembly of Elohim which He has purchased with His
own blood.
Act 20:29 “For I know this, that
after my departure savage wolves[c] shall come in among you, not sparing the
flock. Footnote: c Mat_7:15-23, Mat_10:16, Luk_10:3, Joh_10:12,
Act_20:29.
Act 20:30 “Also from among yourselves men shall arise, speaking distorted teachings, to draw away the taught ones after themselves.
Mat 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
If any person is regularly involved in any form of sexual sin, he or she will not enter into the kingdom of YHVH. The teaching of scripture is very clear on this issue.
1Co
6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the reign of
Elohim? Do not be deceived. Neither those who whore, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
1Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.[a] Footnote: aSee Gal_5:19-21, Eph_5:3-5.
Principles
for Marriage
1Co
7:1 And
concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to
touch a woman.
1Co
7:2 But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each
woman have her own husband.
1Co
7:3 Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, and likewise also
the wife to her husband.
1Co
7:4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband
does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but
the wife does.
1Co
7:5 Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give
yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does
not try you because of your lack of self-control.
1Co
7:6 And I say this as a concession, not as a command.
1Co
7:7 For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his
own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.
1Co
7:8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if
they remain even as I am,
1Co
7:9 but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is
better to marry than to burn.
1Co
7:10 And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should
not separate from a husband.
1Co
7:11 But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be
restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a
wife.
1Co
7:12 And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an
unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her
away.
1Co
7:13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well to
live with her, let her not send him away.
1Co
7:14 For the unbelieving husband has been set-apart in the wife, and the
unbelieving wife has been set-apart in the husband. Otherwise your children
would be unclean, but now they are set-apart.
1Co
7:15 And, if the unbelieving one separates, let him separate himself. A
brother or a sister has not been enslaved in such matters. But Elohim has
called us to peace.
1Co 7:16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife?
Eventually in the last days a remnant will realize how serious this matter truly is.
Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We shall eat our own food and wear our own clothes; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.”
1Co
11:8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man.
1Co
11:9 For man also was not created for the woman, but woman for the
man.
1Co
11:10 Because of this the woman ought to have authority[e] on her head, because of the
messengers. Footnote: eSome say “a symbol of authority.”
Blessed are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Amein
Leviticus 15 | Part 1 | LAWS about bodily Discharges
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