The designation of being unclean...
The designation of being unclean (Matthew 9:18-26) was a devastating thing for the
Jewish female. What she wore was unclean, what she touched was unclean. The bed she
slept on was unclean (see Leviticus 15:25- 27). Whoever touched the things she had
touched was unclean.
There were many superstitious ways to stop the hemorrhaging. One was to carry the
ashes of an ostrich egg in a linen bag in summer and in a cotton bag in winter. Another
was to carry a barleycorn, which had been found in the dung of a white donkey. This
woman had tried everything and became worse.