Leviticus 15

Leviticus 

Chapters 15

Context

Leviticus 15 details laws on ritual impurity from bodily discharges in men and women, including purification processes like washing. It highlights the importance of cleanliness for spiritual purity in the community.

Text Questions                       

1. What do you remember from Leviticus 14? 

2. What does God want us to know about purity?

3. Read Leviticus 15:1-12

4. What stuck out to you?

5. What implications does the duration of these discharges have for a person's status of uncleanness?

6. How is cleanliness restored after touching a person who is unclean due to a discharge?

7. How does the text outline the interaction between clean and unclean individuals?

8. Read Leviticus 15:13-18

9. What stuck out to you?

10. What offerings or rituals are specified for the individual healed from a discharge?

11. Read Leviticus 15:19-24

12. What stuck out to you?

13. How are women affected by this command?

14. Read Leviticus 15:25-30

15. What stuck out to you?

16. How does this command impact a married couple?

17. Read Leviticus 15:31-33

18. What stuck out to you?

19. What overarching principle does the conclusion of this chapter emphasize regarding holiness and cleanliness?

20. How does the chapter end? 

21. How would you summarize the chapter?

Questions to Consider

• How do physical and spiritual purity connect today? 

• How did purity laws affect ancient Israel? 

• How can we promote well-being now?

• What habits should we reconsider for holiness? 5. 

• How can a church help us stay spiritually accountable?

• What do the purity guidelines reveal about God?

Extra notes 

• Luke 8:40-56 A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

• Matthew 19:4-6 God brings us together

• Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is holy