Ronin

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Galatians ~

5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

5:11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

5:12
I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

NonHomogenized

I think that "issue" refers explicitly to ejaculate.
After all, in Ezekiel 23, verse 20:
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

and I haven't seen any place that urination is explicitly referred to as "issue". Do you happen to have any sources other than that for urination being "issue"?

Ronin

I don't agree that "issue" in the passages I offered refers to ejaculate for the following reasons:


1. Passage 15:12 instructs that 'the vessel of earth' that had contained the 'issue' must be broken and 'every vessel of wood' must be rinsed in water to be cleansed of the 'issue'. Sounds like a port-o'-potty to me, as I cannot imagine that even those desert nomads would make it a habit of shooting their nut nougat into containers.

and...

2. The next series of passages specifically refers to 'seed of copulation' and provides another set of instructions on how to ungunk those workings ~

Leviticus

15:16
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

15:17
And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

15:18
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Then again, the according to some of the mystics found here, the entire thing may just be a metaphor promoting engine maintenance on a 2001 Volusia.

NonHomogenized

ok, I missed that. I'll agree with your interpretation, then.

But I still like Ezekiel 23:20, 'cause I think it's funny that the bible is talking about guys who were 'hung like donkeys' (Some things never change, I suppose)

Secular Pinoy

From the NETBible:

Leviticus
Purity Regulations for Male Bodily Discharges

15:13 "'When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his garments, bathe in fresh water,[18] and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons,[19] and he is to present himself[20] before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest, 15:15 and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering[21] and the other a burnt offering.[22] So the priest[23] is to make atonement for him before the Lord from his discharge.
15:16 "'When a man has a seminal emission,[24] he must bathe his whole body in water[25] and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 15:18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is a seminal emission,[26] they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Notes
[18]tn For the expression "fresh water" see the note on Lev 14:5 above.
[19]tn Heb "from the sons of the pigeon," referring either to "young pigeons" or "various species of pigeon" (contrast Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16 [AB], 168 with Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 14; cf. Lev 1:14 and esp. 5:7-10).
[20]tc The MT has the Qal form of the verb awb "to come" here, but the LXX (followed generally by the Syriac and Tg. Ps.-J.) reflects the Hiphil form of the same verb, "to bring" as in v. 29 below. In v. 29, however, there is no additional clause "and give them to the priest," so the Hiphil is necessary in that context while it is not necessary here in v. 14.
[21]sn See the note on Lev 4:3 regarding the term "sin offering."
[22]tn Heb "and the priest shall make them one a sin offering and the one a burnt offering." See the note on Lev 1:3 regarding the "burnt offering."
[23]tn Heb "And the priest."
[24]tn Heb "And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him."
[25]tn Heb "and he shall bathe all his flesh in water."
[26]tn Heb "And a woman who a man lies with her a lying of seed."

niggle

Well, now you know what to do with that pamplet.

id.s

Make a sandwich board, write on it "truth dispensed here"- find some J.W.'s street corner talking- stand beside them- offer a page from an awake or watchtower with chocolate stain on it ,saying- "slightly used truths here- B.S. over there". Scream out the advantages of awake brand T.P. and how watchtower cleans and covers the most sinful of messes your life can produce. If they leave, follow them home and knock on their door. Turns out J.W.'s don't like strangers knocking on their doors either.
Passage Lev ch15 v12 sounds like a bed pan(the issue). The rest is a bater problem. Peeing is just one of those things that has to be done. All the batheing they need to do in a desert country? They seem to have a serious compulsive cleanliness disorder when it comes to sex. Who can wait 7 days between comings? I couldn't wait for the second coming.