2利未记十一至十五章这一段,说到四件麻烦的事:我们与人的接触、我们出生的不洁、痲疯、以及漏症。本篇信息是论到十五章一至三十一节,我们要来看男人或女人身上的漏症得洁净这件事。我们已经指出,利未记十一至二十七章的用意,乃是给我们这些神圣别的子民,过圣别生活的路。我们要过这样的生活,需要看见我们与四件事有关。首先牵涉到的,是与人接触这件普通的事。其次,我们必须承认我们出生的不洁。我们这人的源头,来源,乃是不洁的。第三,我们有痲疯的难处。我们的身上满了疯疯的光景。第四,我们有漏症的难处。不管我们是那一种人,我们都有漏症;十五章给我们看见,这些漏症全然是不洁净的。不仅如此,我们漏症的不洁很容传染人。利未记有力的指明,凡从我们这人出来的都是不洁的。为这缘故,十五章告诉我们,要避开任何从人身上发出来的漏症,以及不洁的传染。
2In Leviticus 11 through 15, a section of five chapters, four troubling things are covered: our contact with people, the uncleanness of our birth, leprosy, and our discharges. In this message on 15:1-31 we shall cover the matter of the cleansing of the discharges from man’sand woman’s body. We have pointed out that chapters eleven through twenty-seven of Leviticus intend to give us the way to live a holy life as God’sho ly people. If we would live such a life, we need to realize that we are involved with four things. First, we are involved with the common matter of the contact with people. Second, we must recognize the uncleanness of our birth. The source, the origin, of our being is unclean. Third, we have the problem of our leprosy. Our condition is one of being filled with leprosy. Fourth, we have the problem of discharges. No matter what kind of person we may be, we all have discharges, and, as chapter fifteen shows us, these discharges are altogether unclean. Furthermore, the uncleanness of our discharges is contagious. Leviticus indicates strongly that whatever comes out of our being is unclean. For this reason, chapter fifteen tells us to stay away from any discharge that issues from the human body and from the contagion of uncleanness