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It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and for her who is indisposed because of her <i>customary</i> impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and for the woman who is ill because of her monthly period, and for the one who has a discharge, whether man or woman, or for a man who lies with a woman who is [ceremonially] unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />a woman who is in her menstrual period; anyone who has a discharge, whether male or female; and a man who sleeps with a woman who is unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />a woman who is in her menstrual period; anyone who has a discharge, whether male or female; and a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />for any woman who has her period, for any man or woman who has a discharge, or for any man who has sexual intercourse with a woman when she is unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />a woman during her monthly period, or a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ritually unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />for her whose menstruation causes her to become ill, for anyone who has a discharge (whether male or female), and for the man who has sexual relations with one who is unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, and a man who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and of her who is sick in her separation, and of him who has the discharging (his discharge, of the male or of the female), and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and of her who is sick in her separation, and of him who hath an issue, the issue of a male or of a female, and of a man who lieth with an unclean woman.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And of her being sick in her uncleanness, and of him flowing his flowing; for the male, and for the female, and for the man who shall lie with her being unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And of the woman that is separated in her monthly times, or that hath a continual issue of blood, and of the man that sleepeth with her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and of her who is separated in the time of menstruation, or who has a continual flow of blood, and of the man who sleeps with her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />as well as for the woman who has her menstrual period; or one who has a discharge, male or female; and also for the man who lies with an unclean woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for her who is in the infirmity of her period, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And for her who has monthly course and for him who has a discharge, male or female, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a menstruous woman will be in her menstruation and of him who has an emission will be in his emission, male or female, and a man who lies with an unclean woman.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of them that have an issue, whether it be a man, or a woman; and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And <i>this is the law</i> for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: <i>it is a law</i> for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4208" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">The Cleansing of Women</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean, <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1739.htm" title="1739: wə·had·dā·wāh (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Faint, unwell. From davah; sick.">of a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/5079.htm" title="5079: bə·nid·dā·ṯāh (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Impurity. From nadad; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal or moral.">in her menstrual period,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: laz·zā·ḵār (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">of any male</a> <a href="/hebrew/5347.htm" title="5347: wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A female. From naqab; female.">or female</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: wə·haz·zāḇ (Conj-w, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">who has a discharge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2101.htm" title="2101: zō·w·ḇōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- An issue (of fluid). From zuwb; a seminal or menstrual flux."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ū·lə·’îš (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">and of a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: yiš·kaḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">lies</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭə·mê·’āh (Adj-fs) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">an unclean woman.’”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2-5</a></span><br />“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation. / And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised. / The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-22</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10-11</a></span><br />If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10</a></span><br />In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-34</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43-48</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.</p><p class="hdg">of her</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19-30</a></b></br> And if a woman have an issue, <i>and</i> her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even… </p><p class="hdg">and of him</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Leviticus 15:24</a></b></br> And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Ceremonially</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Female</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Flowers</a> <a href="/exodus/5-23.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Menstrual</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Period</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/genesis/48-1.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-23.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-14.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Ceremonially</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Female</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/numbers/8-4.htm">Flowers</a> <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-3.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Menstrual</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Period</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-6.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">The uncleanness of men in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">The cleansing of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">The uncleanness of women in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Their cleansing</a></span><br></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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This was not a moral impurity but a ceremonial one, reflecting the broader Levitical concern with purity and holiness. The separation during this time underscored the sanctity of life and the creative process. The laws served to protect the community from defilement and to remind the Israelites of God's holiness. This period of separation can be seen as a type of purification, pointing to the need for spiritual cleansing, which is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who purifies believers from all sin.<p><b>of any male or female who has a discharge</b><br>Discharges, whether from illness or other causes, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the fallen human condition and the need for divine intervention. The laws concerning discharges emphasized the importance of physical and spiritual cleanliness. In the New Testament, Jesus' healing of the woman with the issue of blood (<a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-34</a>) demonstrates His authority over impurity and His power to restore both physical and spiritual wholeness.<p><b>and of a man who lies with an unclean woman</b><br>This phrase addresses the transmission of ceremonial impurity through sexual relations. It highlights the interconnectedness of individuals within the community and the potential for impurity to spread. The emphasis on sexual purity is consistent throughout Scripture, pointing to the sanctity of marriage and the importance of holiness in all aspects of life. In the New Testament, believers are called to live pure lives, reflecting the holiness of God (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-7</a>). The ultimate fulfillment of purity laws is found in Christ, who sanctifies and cleanses His church (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites on holiness and cleanliness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the laws, who were called to be a holy nation set apart for God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws of cleanliness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/women_in_menstruation.htm">Women in Menstruation</a></b><br>Specifically mentioned in this verse as part of the laws concerning ritual purity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/men_and_women_with_discharges.htm">Men and Women with Discharges</a></b><br>Individuals experiencing bodily discharges, which rendered them ceremonially unclean.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The laws in <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33</a> highlight the importance of ritual purity in the Old Testament, which served as a physical representation of spiritual cleanliness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>These laws remind us of God's call for His people to be holy and set apart, reflecting His purity and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_inclusion.htm">Compassion and Inclusion</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the woman with the issue of blood shows His compassion and willingness to include those considered unclean, teaching us to extend grace and love to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing_through_christ.htm">Spiritual Cleansing through Christ</a></b><br>While the Old Testament laws focused on external cleanliness, the New Testament emphasizes internal purification through the sacrifice of Jesus.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respecting_the_body.htm">Respecting the Body</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to honor God with our bodies, recognizing them as temples of the Holy Spirit and living in a way that reflects His holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_ensure_a_meaningful_life.htm">Is a woman unclean during her period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_period_sex_acceptable.htm">Is sex during a woman's period acceptable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_call_natural_discharges_'impure'.htm">Leviticus 15:2-3 - Why label natural bodily discharges as 'impure' when science sees them as normal biological functions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">of a woman</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַדָּוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·had·dā·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1739.htm">Strong's 1739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Faint, unwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in her menstrual period,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנִדָּתָ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nid·dā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rejection, impurity, personal, moral</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of any male</span><br /><span class="heb">לַזָּכָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(laz·zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or female</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַנְּקֵבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5347.htm">Strong's 5347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who has a discharge,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַזָּב֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haz·zāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and of a man</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְאִ֕ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁכַּ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·kaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an unclean woman.”</span><br /><span class="heb">טְמֵאָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṭə·mê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:33 And of her who has her period (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 16:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:1" /></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>