Leviticus 15: God and Sexuality

“These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen, 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.” -Leviticus 15:32-33

These are odd words to end a chapter. Why does the law of Moses speak so explicitly regarding sexuality?

Because he cares about sexuality.

If the Bible had completely avoided any sexual references, we might wonder if God cared about this area of life. Clearly, he does. Leviticus 15 speaks at length regarding facets of sexuality, as do other places in Leviticus and the rest of Scripture.

Yet we often don’t hear these verses in church. Why not? No one knows what to do with them.

If your pastor stood up on Sunday morning and gave detailed directions regarding a person’s menstrual cycle or what to do after a wet dream, your congregation would turn red and end in an uproar. But it’s in there, complete with how the priests should handle such matters like cleaning one’s self after such times.

We may not like to talk about it, but God cares about our sexuality. More specifically, he gives principles for how to express sexuality to provide a proper context that date back to the first two people on the planet, Adam and Eve. One man, one woman, together for life, expressing sexuality within the covenant of marriage.

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Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and is handwriting a copy of all 31,173 verses of the Bible at HolyWritProject.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook.com/readdB or readdB.com.