Leviticus 15:3
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
Whether the bodily discharge flows freely or is stopped, either condition is the man's uncleanness in his issue. The distinction is between the running itself and its being checked, yet both states alike count as uncleanness.
It belongs to the laws regulating uncleanness and cleansing given to ancient Israel. As part of Leviticus 12-15, this bodily uncleanness had to be removed before the sanctuary's cleansing by atonement, and this physical uncleanness was distinct from the moral defilement that defiled the sanctuary in God's sight. The chapter's rules for this condition serve to keep infection from spreading through contact.
Grouped with the laws concerning leprosy, these uncleanness laws are a fitting type of sin. The verse stands among the mighty object-lessons in Leviticus that show the exceeding sinfulness of sin. It must be read by seeing Christ in it, for all the slain beasts point forward to the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, which gives life to otherwise dry details of laws and regulations and makes them a blessing to the reader.
It is included in the regulations of Leviticus 1-16, which form part of the sanctuary's yearly cycle of services that typifies Christ's once-for-all ministry in the heavenly sanctuary. As a cleansing law, it exemplifies cleansing truths that God's people must not abandon, including care for the body and obedience to health principles.