Passage

Leviticus 15:13-15

When does the cleansing process begin after the discharge stops?

Berean Standard Bible

13 When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean. 14 On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

What is the context?

The man counts seven days after being cleansed from the discharge, then washes his clothes and bathes in fresh water. On the eighth day he brings two birds for the priest to offer.

The offerings and atonement follow the condition’s cessation. As with the preceding skin laws, restoration has an ordered process; the rite is not presented as a technique for making an ongoing condition stop.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley explicitly understands the starting point as the discharge’s cessation. The USCCB notes likewise distinguish purification from a cure. That distinction follows the order given in the passage and prevents confusing ritual restoration with a promised treatment.

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