When
a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her
monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she
will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days
of her period. Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be
unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits
on will be unclean, as during her period. Whoever touches them will be
unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be
unclean till evening.
//This matter of separating the clean from the unclean is a serious
thing! A woman during her period is naturally unclean, but if the blood
flow continues after the normal time of her period, she remains unclean.
She cannot be touched. If she touches anything, then what she touches
cannot be touched. Anyone who touches anything she touches likewise
becomes unclean, and like a plague, uncleanness inadvertently begins
spreading through the camp. The possibility for an outbreak of
uncleanness becomes a serious threat.
One time, the plague threatened to get out of control. Consider these verses in Luke chapter 8:
And
a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,
but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge
of his cloak …"Who touched me?" Jesus asked. When they all denied it,
Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."
This
poor woman had an “issue of blood” (the KJV wording) for twelve years!
She remained perpetually unclean! Here she touches Jesus and turns him
unclean, and everybody is jostling up against Jesus. Can you imagine the
crowd panic when it’s discovered that a seed of uncleanness had been
planted? Is there any chance of getting this plague under control?
Piece
of cake. Turns out that a little human contact doesn’t start a plague,
it just heals the one who is suffering. Probably, this was Jesus’ most
important lesson of the day.
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