Leviticus 15:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
Cross-references
Leviticus 22:4 applies the same discharge impurity to priests, restricting their access to sacred offerings until cleansed.
In Leviticus 7:20, uncleanness from a discharge disqualifies one from eating holy offerings — applying the same purity principle.
Numbers 5:2 commands that anyone with a discharge like this be sent outside the camp, showing the practical outworking of the impurity.
2 Samuel 3:29 uses discharge as a curse, showing that this condition from Leviticus 15 was considered a disgraceful affliction.
Matthew 9:20 describes a woman with a chronic discharge (blood), illustrating the real-life impact of the Levitical impurity laws and how Jesus interacts.
Mark 5:25 similarly recounts the woman’s twelve-year bleeding, directly echoing the condition defined in Leviticus 15 as unclean.
Mark 7:20-23 contrasts this external, ritual defilement from discharges with internal moral defilement from the heart, redefining true impurity.
Luke 8:43 also tells of the woman with bleeding, providing another witness to this condition and its context in Jesus' ministry.
Zechariah 13:1 promises a fountain to cleanse from sin and uncleanness — a prophetic answer to the impurity laws like discharges.