"‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening...If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening." vv.16,19
Read chapter 15.
As awkward as it can be to write a devotional about men and women's secretions it seems like it something not talked about much among believers and therefore I thought I'd point this scripture out regarding it. This chapter discusses two diseases and three natural secretions. These two specific verses (16 & 19) seem uncontrollable by accident of night dream or in sex for men and the monthly period of a woman, yet they are still unclean and there is a command concerning them. These bodily functions are absolutely essential to our lives, and there is nothing wrong with them. We are shown how even things we can't control can separate us from fellowship with God and the purification not only from outside influence but also that from within. The woman was not to be put outside the camp as in the case of the leper during her seven day time set apart, but was to be set apart from sexual intercourse with her husband or bleeding on things that others could come in contact with. It seems to show a respect for woman during this time of tenderness and self control in a marriage during this monthly time. Whether semen or blood the result is washing to be "clean." Praise the Lord we are washed by His blood and forgiveness and clean and spotless in His eyes. What do you struggle with in understanding these areas of daily life in regards to impurity/purity?
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