Leviticus 15:19
in Leviticus 15When 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 15
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
she shall be put apart seven days
on Leviticus 15:19-24
The woman's ordinary case is measured in days rather than in symptoms, seven of them, and it closes without an offering. Leviticus 12:2 measures the uncleanness of childbirth by these same days, so the earlier chapter is written on the assumption that a reader already has this rule. Verse 24 gives the man who lies with her seven days rather than one, and the same act returns at 18:19 as a prohibition and at 20:18 with both parties cut off from among their people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
), and those that were unseasonable, excessive, and the disease of the body; such was the bloody issue of that poor woman who was suddenly cured by touching the hem of Christ's garment, after she had lain twelve years under her distemper, and had spent her estate upon physicians and physic in vain. This made the woman that was afflicted with it unclean (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And a woman when she shall have an issue of blood, and her issue shalt be in her flesh, that is, in her secret parts, as flesh is taken, ver. 2. So it notes her monthly disease.
quarantine:anchor (2026-07-29) — cites-ver-2-anchored-19-19
And if a woman have an issue,....
We need not be at all curious in explaining these antiquated laws, it is enough if we observe the general intention; but we have need to be very cautious lest sin take occasion by the commandment to become more exceedingly sinful; and exceedingly sinful it is when lust is kindled by sparks of fire from God's altar.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if a woman have an issue--Though this, like the leprosy, might be a natural affection, it was anciently considered contagious and entailed a ceremonial defilement which typified a moral impurity.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִשָּׁה֙ | veishah | and a woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תִהְיֶ֣ה | tihyeh | she will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| זָבָ֔ה | zavah | discharging | H2100 → | 42 times |
| דָּ֛ם | dam | blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| זֹבָ֖הּ | zovah | discharge her | H2101 → | 13 times |
| בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּ | bivsarah | in flesh her | H1320 → | 270 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֤ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִים֙ | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| תִּהְיֶ֣ה | tihyeh | she will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְנִדָּתָ֔הּ | venidatah | in menstruous impurity her | H5079 → | 29 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | hanogea' | <the> [one who] touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בָּ֖הּ | bah | <in> <the> her | ||
| יִטְמָ֥א | yitma' | he will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הָעָֽרֶב׃ | haarev | the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
וְאִשָּׁה֙and a woman
veishahH802 →781 times
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
תִהְיֶ֣הshe will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
זָבָ֔הdischarging
zavahH2100 →42 times
דָּ֛םblood
damH1818 →360 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
זֹבָ֖הּdischarge her
zovahH2101 →13 times
בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּin flesh her
bivsarahH1320 →270 times
שִׁבְעַ֤תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִים֙days
yamimH3117 →2304 times
תִּהְיֶ֣הshe will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
בְנִדָּתָ֔הּin menstruous impurity her
venidatahH5079 →29 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ<the> [one who] touches
hanogea'H5060 →150 times
בָּ֖הּ<in> <the> her
bah
יִטְמָ֥אhe will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הָעָֽרֶב׃the evening
haarevH6153 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
it leads to
- Mark 7:21–23
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Galatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- James 1:13–15
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- Mark 7:21–23
Through
Mark 5:25And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
it leads to
- Leviticus 15:25–27
When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days…
- Luke 8:43–44
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.
- Matthew 9:20–22
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
- Leviticus 15:19–20
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.
- Leviticus 15:25–27
About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.