Leviticus 15
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Leviticus 15 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines laws concerning ritual purity related to bodily discharges and cleanliness.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical chapter
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Chapter of the Torah ⓘ |
| addresses |
Chronic discharges
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Contamination of objects ⓘ Contamination of persons ⓘ Female genital discharges ⓘ Male genital discharges ⓘ Menstruation ⓘ Ritual washing ⓘ Sacrificial offerings for purification ⓘ Seminal emission ⓘ Waiting periods for purification ⓘ |
| associatedWithSource | Priestly source ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
Canonical in Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
Canonical in Jewish Tanakh ⓘ |
| chapterAfter | Leviticus 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chapterBefore | Leviticus 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns | Ritual impurity from bodily fluids ⓘ |
| definesStatus |
Clean after prescribed rites
ⓘ
Unclean until evening ⓘ |
| genre |
Legal text
ⓘ
Priestly legislation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian interpretations of purity
ⓘ
Later Jewish purity laws ⓘ Rabbinic discussions in the Mishnah ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalText | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedInSection | Holiness and purity laws ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Leviticus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Priestly code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInBook | 15 ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
Bodily discharges
ⓘ
Cleanliness ⓘ Impurity ⓘ Ritual purity ⓘ |
| purpose |
To maintain ritual purity in the community
ⓘ
To regulate access to the sanctuary ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| setsBoundaryBetween |
Clean and unclean
ⓘ
Holy and common ⓘ |
| setsRequirement |
Bringing offerings at the sanctuary
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Immersion in water for purification ⓘ Laundering of clothes after impurity ⓘ Time-based waiting before becoming clean ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.