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Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening. <a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> “When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a> And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her bodily discharge is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “When a woman has a discharge, and it consists of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her menstruation for seven days. Everyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When a woman has a discharge, and it consists of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her menstruation for seven days. Everyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. <a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days, and if you touch her, you must take a bath, but you remain unclean until evening. <a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "When a woman has her monthly period, she will be unclean for seven days. Those who touch her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her is unclean until evening. <a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> "When a woman has a discharge, and the blood is her monthly menstrual discharge from her body, then for seven days she is to remain in her menstrual uncleanness. Whoever touches her will remain unclean until evening. <a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a> "'When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And if a woman shall have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the evening. <a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days. Whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And when a woman has discharging—blood is her discharge in her flesh—she is in her separation [for] seven days, and anyone who is coming against her is unclean until the evening. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And when a woman hath an issue -- blood is her issue in her flesh -- seven days she is in her separation, and any one who is coming against her is unclean till the evening. <a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And when a woman, shall be flowing, and her flowing shall be blood in her flesh, seven days shall she be in her uncleanness: and all touching upon her shall be unclean till the evening.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a> When a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she shall be in a state of menstrual uncleanness for seven days. Anyone who touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When a woman has a discharge of blood that is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if a woman has a discharge of blood, and her discharge is in her body, she shall be put apart for seven days in her menstruation, and whosoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And when a woman will be discharging of her blood, her discharge shall be in her flesh and she shall dwell seven days in her menstruation and everything that may touch her shall be defiled until evening.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. <a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the woman whosoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; every one that touches her shall be unclean until evening. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4075" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">The Uncleanness of Women</a> 19<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·šāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has</a> <a href="/hebrew/2101.htm" title="2101: zō·ḇāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- An issue (of fluid). From zuwb; a seminal or menstrual flux."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zā·ḇāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">a discharge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">consisting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">of blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: biḇ·śā·rāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">from her body,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">she will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/5079.htm" title="5079: ḇə·nid·dā·ṯāh (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Impurity. From nadad; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal or moral.">unclean due to her menstruation</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: han·nō·ḡê·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">who touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: yiṭ·mā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">will be unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: hā·‘ā·reḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">evening.</a> 20Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Leviticus 18:19</a> You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period. <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a> If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people. <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a> He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10</a> In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity. <a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a> Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a> “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a> Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm">Lamentations 1:17</a> Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a> Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. / She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour. <a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-34</a> And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. / She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse. / When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. ... <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43-48</a> including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. / She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. / “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.” ... <a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19-20</a> For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. / These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.” <a href="/mark/7-20.htm">Mark 7:20-23</a> He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. / For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. ... <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a> Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the even.and her issue<a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2,4</a> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean… <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a> And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.<a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8,9,17</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward… put apart [heb] in her separation <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-52.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-35.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/exodus/14-24.htm">Last</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Menstrual</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Period</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-8.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-12.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-12.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-10.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-22.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-4.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Last</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Menstrual</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Period</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 15</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">The uncleanness of men in their issues</a> 13. <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">The cleansing of them</a> 19. <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">The uncleanness of women in their issues</a> 28. <a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Their cleansing</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, bodily discharges were often associated with impurity, not as a moral failing but as a ritual state. The discharge of blood is a normal biological process, yet it was seen as a state of ritual impurity in the Israelite community. This reflects the broader biblical theme of distinguishing between the holy and the common, the clean and the unclean, as seen in Leviticus.she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days The period of seven days corresponds to the typical length of a menstrual cycle. The concept of being "unclean" is not about sinfulness but about ritual purity. This period of uncleanness required separation from certain religious activities and communal interactions. The number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible, as seen in the creation week in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. This period allowed for a complete cycle of purification.and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening This regulation extended the state of ritual impurity to those who came into contact with the woman during her menstruation. The evening marked the beginning of a new day in the Hebrew calendar, symbolizing a fresh start and the restoration of purity. This reflects the communal nature of purity laws, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the community and the importance of maintaining holiness. The concept of evening purification is also seen in other contexts, such as in <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Leviticus 11:24-25</a> regarding contact with unclean animals.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, forming the community of God's chosen people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a> The central place of worship for the Israelites, where purity laws were especially significant. 4. <a href="/topical/m/menstrual_impurity.htm">Menstrual Impurity</a> A state of ritual impurity associated with a woman's menstrual cycle, as described in the law. 5. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> The religious leaders responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws of purity among the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a> The laws of Leviticus highlight the importance of holiness and separation from impurity, teaching us about God's standards. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_blood.htm">Symbolism of Blood</a> Blood, often associated with life and covenant, also represents impurity in certain contexts, pointing to the need for atonement. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_contamination.htm">Community and Contamination</a> The laws emphasize the impact of individual impurity on the community, reminding us of our interconnectedness and responsibility to one another. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_fulfillment_of_the_law.htm">Christ's Fulfillment of the Law</a> Jesus' life and sacrifice fulfill the purity laws, offering us a deeper understanding of spiritual cleanliness. <a href="/topical/p/practical_holiness.htm">Practical Holiness</a> While the specific laws may not apply today, the principle of living a life set apart for God remains relevant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15</a> <a href="/q/is_a_woman_unclean_during_her_period.htm">Is a woman unclean during her period?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_menstruation_impure_in_leviticus.htm">Leviticus 15:19–24 – Why does a woman’s normal menstrual cycle incur such extended impurity and social restrictions? </a> <a href="/q/are_tampons_wrong_for_christians.htm">Is tampon use wrong for Christian women?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'ceremonially_unclean'_mean.htm">What does "ceremonially unclean" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) And if a woman have an issue.--Having legislated for cases in connection with man--as well as for one case in which both the husband and the wife are concerned, the Law now lays down directions for two cases affecting the woman.And her issue in her flesh be blood.--Better, if her issue, &c. This clause defines the preceding one, stating more minutely what the issue consists of and proceeds from.She shall be put apart seven days.--Though as a rule the discharge ceases after three or four days, yet, as in the first stage after childbirth, the period of uncleanness is extended to seven days to include exceptional cases. (See <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.">Leviticus 12:2</a>.) To fully appreciate the merciful provisions of the laws here enacted, it is necessary to bear in mind not only the gross superstitions which obtained among the ancients about women in this condition, but the cruel treatment to which wives and daughters were subjected, and in some countries both in the Old and New Worlds still are subjected. It was believed that if a woman in this condition sat under a tree, all its fruit fell off; at her approach the edge of a tool became blunted, and copper utensils contracted a fetid smell, and meat got sour, and a thousand other things. Hence the Parsees not only isolated her from the rest of the family, but forbade her speaking to any one, and those who took food to her in her seclusion had to put it at some distance from her. The Zabii purified with fire every place which she trod. Even if the wind which came from the quarter where she was blew upon any one, he became polluted. To this day the in Issing, the Calmucks, and many others, have special houses for them outside each town and village; and at the River La Plata they are sewn into hammocks, with only a small aperture for the mouth, till they are well again. To restrain the Jews from sharing these superstitions, and from resorting to any of these inhuman acts, as well as for sanitary purposes, the Lawgiver ordained these benign and necessary rules.Whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean.--Like other unclean persons, she defiled by being touched. Though not expressed here, it is implied that he who contracted this defilement had both to wash his garments and bathe his body as usual.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 19-24. - The fourth case of an issue - that of ordinary menstruation (cf. <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a>). <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction a woman וְאִשָּׁה֙ (wə·’iš·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female has תִהְיֶ֣ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a discharge זָבָ֔ה (zā·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2101.htm">Strong's 2101: </a> A seminal, menstrual flux consisting יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be of blood דָּ֛ם (dām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed from her body, בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּ (biḇ·śā·rāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man for seven שִׁבְעַ֤ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day she will be תִּהְיֶ֣ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be unclean due to menstruation, בְנִדָּתָ֔הּ (ḇə·nid·dā·ṯāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> Rejection, impurity, personal, moral and anyone וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who touches הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ (han·nō·ḡê·a‘) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike her בָּ֖הּ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> will be unclean יִטְמָ֥א (yiṭ·mā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while evening. הָעָֽרֶב׃ (hā·‘ā·reḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> Evening <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:19 If a woman has a discharge (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>