15:1-33 Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. - We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, and the great gospel privileges of the application of Christ's blood to our souls for our justification, and his grace for our sanctification.
And of her that is sick of her flowers,.... Her monthly courses, for these are a sickness, Leviticus 20:18; and make a woman languid and faint, as the word is rendered, Lamentations 1:13; or to be in pain (n), as some render it here; and pains are reckoned among the signs of them by the Misnic doctors (o):
and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman; of both, whether the one or the other:
and of him that lieth with her that is unclean; though her own husband.
and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman; of both, whether the one or the other:
and of him that lieth with her that is unclean; though her own husband.
(n) "et dolentis", Montanus. (o) Misn. Niddah, c. 9. sect. 8.