Leviticus 15:26
in Leviticus 15Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and everything whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.
KJV
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
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This verse in Leviticus 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
an issue of her blood many days
on Leviticus 15:25-30
A flow that runs past its time moves the woman from the short rule to the long one, and it lasts as long as the issue lasts. Mark 5:25 and Luke 8:43 have a woman who had lived under these verses for twelve years, spent all her living on physicians, and came up behind Jesus in a crowd. Under this chapter her touch carried her uncleanness to whatever she touched, and Mark 5:29-30 has the traffic running the other way, the fountain of her blood dried up and virtue gone out of him. Her cleansing here is the man's cleansing exactly, seven days counted and two birds on the eighth.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation,.... As defiled and as defiling as that, Lev 15:20, and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation; as such were when she was in that condition, see Lev 15:20.
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.
And if she was cured, and found by seven days' trial that she was perfectly free from her issue of blood, she was to be cleansed by the offering of two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, to make an atonement for her,
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֞ב | hamishkav | <the> bed | H4904 → | 46 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | tishkav | she will lie | H7901 → | 212 times |
| עָלָיו֙ | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| זוֹבָ֔הּ | zovah | discharge her | H2101 → | 13 times |
| כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥ב | kemishkav | like [the] bed of | H4904 → | 46 times |
| נִדָּתָ֖הּ | nidatah | menstruous impurity her | H5079 → | 29 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָּ֑הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| וְכָֽל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכְּלִי֙ | hakeli | <the> article | H3627 → | 325 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תֵּשֵׁ֣ב | teshev | she will sit | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עָלָ֔יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| טָמֵ֣א | tame' | unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| יִהְיֶ֔ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּטֻמְאַ֖ת | ketumat | like [the] uncleanness of | H2932 → | 36 times |
| נִדָּתָֽהּ׃ | nidatah | menstruous impurity her | H5079 → | 29 times |
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֞ב<the> bed
hamishkavH4904 →46 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תִּשְׁכַּ֤בshe will lie
tishkavH7901 →212 times
עָלָיו֙on it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
זוֹבָ֔הּdischarge her
zovahH2101 →13 times
כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥בlike [the] bed of
kemishkavH4904 →46 times
נִדָּתָ֖הּmenstruous impurity her
nidatahH5079 →29 times
יִֽהְיֶה־it will be
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לָּ֑הּto <the> her
lah
וְכָֽל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַכְּלִי֙<the> article
hakeliH3627 →325 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תֵּשֵׁ֣בshe will sit
teshevH3427 →1079 times
עָלָ֔יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
טָמֵ֣אunclean
tame'H2931 →88 times
יִהְיֶ֔הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
כְּטֻמְאַ֖תlike [the] uncleanness of
ketumatH2932 →36 times
נִדָּתָֽהּ׃menstruous impurity her
nidatahH5079 →29 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
