Leviticus 15:1-33
Discharges Causes Uncleanliness
1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:
4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. 5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 6 Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
7 “‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
8 “‘If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
9 “‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean, 10 and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
11 “‘Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
12 “‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.
13 “‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean. 14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.
16 “‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. 18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
19 “‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.
20 “‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 22 Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening.
24 “‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
25 “‘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. 26 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. 27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
28 “‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.
31 “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[b] which is among them.’”
32 These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen, 33 for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.
Luke 8:40-48
Jesus Heals a Sick Woman
40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
According to Mosaic Law that when a woman had her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period would last seven days, and anyone who touched her would be unclean till evening...And Moses went on to write that “‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean...Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening...Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening...Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening."...
Jesus knew the Law of Moses...He knew that when the woman touched Him that He too was now unclean...And the unclean woman knew that when she touched Jesus that He would be unclean...This unclean woman had an issue of blood for twelve years, and she was desperate...But not only was she desperate, she was determined to touch the One she had heard about...The doctors of her time had tried to heal her, but now it had been twelve long years and they were unable to heal her...
Here was a great act of God happening as Jesus was walking to a nearby synagogue leader named Jairus, whose daughter was dying...The throngs of people followed Him, because they wanted to see what He was going to do about the dying young daughter...And now He was interrupted...He had been touched and He felt some power come out of Himself... “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked....He knew but He still kindly ask...When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”...But Jesus said again, “Someone touched Me; I know that power has gone out from Me.”...Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at His feet...In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly healed...Then He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you...Go in peace.”...
When Jesus said "Go in peace", is was words of forgiving -so full of His Grace...
How anxious she must have felt when all the people noticed her...Jesus could have mentioned the Scriptures and the uncleanliness of this situation upon Him....But He did not...He is completely full of grace...He was not concerned about His uncleanliness of the Mosaic Law...After all He is the Bible and is the Law of Moses...Her faith empowered her to reach out and touch Jesus, and she was healed immediately by touching only His cloak...A suffering woman healed by the edge of His cloak...