Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 15:32
This [is] the law of him that hath an issue, and [of him] whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
32, 33. The concluding vv. include all the cases mentioned in this chapter. Cp. the conclusion to ch. 11.
The gradations in the methods of cleansing should be noted: ( a) the uncleanness lasted till the end of the day, and ceased without any further ceremonial, ‘he shall be unclean until the even’; ( b) washing the clothes and bathing in running water is added (Lev 15:13); ( c) sacrifices must also be offered, for the leper, a woman in childbirth (ch. 12) and two cases in ch. 15 ( Lev 15:15 ; Lev 15:30).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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Le 15:32 is a recapitulation of the several laws in this chapter, as of a man that has a “gonorrhoea”:
and [of him] whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; involuntarily, that suffers a nocturnal pollution.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Concluding formula. The words, “ him that lieth with her that is unclean, ” are more general than the expression, “lie with her,” in Lev 15:24, and involve not only intercourse with an unclean woman, but lying by her side upon one and the same bed.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(32, 33) This is the law.These two verses give a summary of the contents of the chapter. In the recapitulation, however, as we have already seen, the order of the enactments is not strictly adhered to.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 15:32-33. The threatened penalty for approaching the sanctuary in the circumstances mentioned in the text was death. And hereby veneration and awe were kept up in their minds for the tabernacle, and more for that holy God who dwelt in it. If even natural and involuntary infirmities were in some sense offensive, how much had they need fear to provoke his holiness by wilful impurities? Though these ordinances have ceased with the worldly sanctuary, the benefit of them is permanent: to warn us of the defiling nature of sin, to engage us to keep the body as well as the soul pure for the Lord; and thus to be always ready to appear before him, whether in his tabernacle on earth, or before his throne in heaven.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
This is the law. verses: Lev 15:32, Lev 15:33 are a summary of the contents of the chapter, though the order (as in other cases) is varied.
and = to be.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 15:1-18, Lev 11:46, Lev 13:59, Lev 14:2, Lev 14:32, Lev 14:54-57, Num 5:29, Num 6:13, Num 19:14, Eze 43:12
Reciprocal: Num 30:16 – General Num 36:13 – the commandments Gal 3:19 – in