Leviticus 15:19-20

Female Bodily Discharges

15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge ¹  and her discharge is blood from her body, ²  she is to be in her menstruation ³  seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 15:20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:25-27

15:25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows ⁴  many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, ⁵  all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation – she is unclean. 15:26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 15:27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ⁶ 

[15:19]  ¹ tn See the note on Lev 15:2 above.

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “blood shall be her discharge in her flesh.” The term “flesh” here refers euphemistically to the female sexual area (cf. the note on v. 2 above).

[15:19]  ³ tn See the note on Lev 12:2 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:925-27.

[15:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “And a woman when the flow of her blood flows.”

[15:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “in not the time of her menstruation or when it flows on her menstruation.”

[15:27]  ⁶ tn See the note on v. 5 above.