Bible Dictionary
Issue, Running
A running issue was a continuing bodily discharge that made a person ceremonially unclean under the law of Moses. Cleansing required a period of waiting and prescribed purification offerings.
Biblical Usage
Leviticus distinguishes the continuing flow from the period after it has ceased. Cessation alone did not make the person ceremonially clean; the person had to wait seven days and complete the prescribed purifications and sacrifice.
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