Bible Strands
Leviticus 15:20
Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God delivers ritual purity regulations to Moses and the Israelite community concerning bodily discharges. The text addresses the practical maintenance of ceremonial cleanliness during a woman’s menstrual period.
The words — תִשְכַּב (tish.Kav) means she will lie down, and יִטְמָא (yit.Ma') denotes it will be unclean. These verbs establish the mechanical transfer of ritual status to objects contacted during the period.
The thread — Leviticus 15:4 extends the same transfer principle to a man with a bodily discharge. Proverbs 2:16 and 5:3 shift the focus from physical contamination to the moral danger of seductive relationships.
Why it lands — The text demands strict separation from items used during menstruation to preserve communal holiness standards. Readers must apply the boundary without sentimentalizing the ritual or conflating it with moral guilt.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 15:4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
- Proverbs 2:16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 6:35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- Proverbs 7:10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Proverbs 9:13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”