- when any man:
- It is not necessary to consider particularly the laws contained in this chapter, the letter of the text being in general sufficiently plain. It may, however, be observed, that from the pains which persons rendered unclean were obliged to take, the ablutions and separations which they must observe, and the privations to which they must in consequence be exposed, in the way of commerce, traffic, etc., these laws were admirably adapted to prevent contagion of every kind, by keeping the whole from the diseased, and to hinder licentious indulgences and excesses of every description. "What man soeverª of the seedª¹ of Aaronª [is] a leper,ª° or¹ hath a running issue;ª° he shall not¹ eatª° of the holy things,ª until¹¹ he be clean.ª° And whoso touchethª° any thing¹ [that is] uncleanª [by] the dead,ª or¹ a manª whose¹ seedªª goethª° from¹ him;" {Lev 22:4} + "Commandª°¹ the childrenª of Israel,ª that they put outª° of¹ the campª every¹ leper,ª° and every one¹ that hath an issue,ª° and whosoever¹ is defiledª by the dead:ª" {Num 5:2} + "Let it restª° on¹ the headª of Joab,ª and on¹ all¹ his father'sª house;ª and let there not¹ failª° from the houseª¹ of Joabª one that hath an issue,ª° or that is a leper,ª° or that leanethª° on a staff,ª or that fallethª° on the sword,ª or that lackethª bread.ª" {2Sm 3:29} + "And,ª behold,ª° a woman,ª which was diseased with an issue of bloodª° twelveª years,ª cameª° behindª [him], and touchedª° the¹ hemª of hisª garment:ª" {Mtt 9:20} + "Andª a certainª woman,ª which had¹ anª issueª of bloodª²° twelveª years,ª" {Mrk 5:25} + "Andª he said,ªª° That which comethª° out ofª the¹ man,ª thatª defilethª° the¹ man.ª ... Allª theseª evil thingsª comeª° from within,ª andª defileª° the¹ man.ª" {Mrk 7:20-23} + "Andª a womanª havingª°² an¹ issueª of bloodª twelveª years,ª² whichª had spentª° allª her livingª uponª physicians,ª neitherª couldª° be healedª° ofª any,ª" {Lke 8:43}
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