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2 Samuel 11:4

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.

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ASV

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.

KJV

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
דָּוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732 →
מַלְאָכִ֜יםmal.'a.KhimmessengersH4397 →
וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָvai.yi.ka.Che.haand he took herH3947 →
וַתָּב֤וֹאva.ta.Vo'and she cameH935 →
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413 →
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvai.yish.Kavand he layH7901 →
עִמָּ֔הּ'i.Mahwith herH5973 →
וְהִ֥יאve.Hi'and sheH1931 →
מִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁתmit.ka.De.shet[was] purifying herselfH6942 →
מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּmi.tum.'a.Tahfrom uncleanness herH2932 →
וַתָּ֖שָׁבva.Ta.shovand she returnedH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.Tahhouse herH1004 →

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Leviticus 18:19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.Psalms 51:1–19Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’Leviticus 12:2–5“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.2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.Genesis 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”Job 31:9–11If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,Leviticus 15:19–33When 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.2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

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