Leviticus 18:19 BSB

Leviticus 18:19

You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

BSB

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ASV

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

KJV

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Also thou shall not approach unto a woman,.... Not even a man to his own wife, and much less to another woman: to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness; in her monthly courses; and the time of her separation from her husband on that account was seven days, Lev 15:19; if a man lay with a woman when in such circumstances, they were both to be cut off from their people, Lev 20:18; and such an action is reckoned among sins, and uncleanness of the worst sort, Eze 22:10.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

As long as she is set apart - No not to thy own wife. This was not only a ceremonial pollution, but an immorality also, whence it is put amongst gross sins, Ezek. xviii, 6. And therefore it is now unlawful under the gospel.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
אִשָּׁ֖ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
בְּנִדַּ֣ת	be.ni.Dat	in [the] menstruous impurity of	H5079 →
טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ	tum.'a.Tah	uncleanness her	H2932 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִקְרַ֔ב	tik.Rav	you will draw near	H7126 →
לְגַלּ֖וֹת	le.ga.Lot	to uncover	H1540 →
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃	'er.va.Tah	nakedness her	H6172 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Leviticus 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 22:10
  In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Ezekiel 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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 18:15
  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.
- Deuteronomy 4:19
  When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
- Ezekiel 22:9–11
  Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
Through
Leviticus 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.
leads to
- Leviticus 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.
Through
Leviticus 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…
leads to
- 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.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Leviticus