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Leviticus 15:26

in Leviticus 15

Any 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

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

a discharge of her blood for many days

on Leviticus 15:25-30

A discharge that runs past its time moves the woman from the short rule to the long one. Mark 5:25 and Luke 8:43 tell of a woman twelve years under these verses.

This site's exposition

like her bed during her menstrual period

A discharge outside her regular time makes her bed and seat unclean on the same terms as verse 20. John Gill calls it as defiled and defiling as that bed. The difference comes at the end, with seven days counted and an offering, as Matthew Henry notes.

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 15 →

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.

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