Leviticus 18:19
17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
- KJV
- Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
- WEB
- “‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
- ASV
- And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
- BLB
- And to a woman in the menstruation of her uncleanness you shall not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
- ÅB
- En kvinne som er uren i sin månedlige svakhet, skal du ikke gå inn til og ha omgang med.
- OTB
- Du skal ikke nærme deg en kvinne for å avdekke hennes nakenhet under hennes menstruelle urenhet.
- B1930
- En kvinne som er uren i sin månedlige svakhet, skal du ikke gå inn til og ha omgang med.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 15:24
If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:18
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.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:10
In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
Read in contextLeviticus 15:19
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.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:6
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 12:2
“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.
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