Lev 15:2 | TNotes | STEP | 15:2 bodily discharge (literally a flowing from his flesh ): Most scholars interpret the word flesh as a euphemism for sexual organs and the symptoms described here as indicating an infection of gonorrhea. Others suggest that it refers to a discharge of semen or even diarrhea. A discharge of semen is unlikely, however, because that is singled out in 15:16-17 and required only washing with water. It is clear that this bodily discharge proceeded from “under the man” (15:10 ) and contaminated anything he sat on or lay upon (15:4 , 6 , 9 ).

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‏ Leviticus 15:2

15:2 ^a bodily discharge (literally a flowing from his flesh): Most scholars interpret the word flesh as a euphemism for sexual organs and the symptoms described here as indicating an infection of gonorrhea. Others suggest that it refers to a discharge of semen or even diarrhea. A discharge of semen is unlikely, however, because that is singled out in 15:16-17 ^b and required only washing with water. It is clear that this bodily discharge proceeded from “under the man” (15:10 ^c) and contaminated anything he sat on or lay upon (15:4 ^d, 6 ^e, 9 ^f).