18:19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity 4 to have sexual intercourse with her.
1 tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).
2 tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.
3 tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).
4 tn Heb “in the menstruation of her impurity”; NIV “during the uncleanness of her monthly period.”
5 tn Heb “and the two of them.”