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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and the Israelites with ritual purity regulations following the preceding laws on bodily discharges. The words — The Hebrew נִדָּתָהּ (ni.da.Ta/h) means "her menstrual impurity," and שָׁכַב (sha.Kho) means "to lie," establishing the physical contact that triggers the ritual state. The thread — This regulation runs alongside Leviticus 18:19 and Leviticus 20:18, which forbid sexual relations during menstruation, and connects to 1 Peter 2:11 through the call to abstain from fleshly desires. Why it lands — The text states that contact with menstrual flow transfers uncleanness for seven days and defiles any bed used, requiring the reader to maintain strict ritual separation and recognize the tangible consequences of physical contact.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִ֡םve./'Imand/ if שָׁכֹב֩sha.Khocertainly <to lie>יִשְׁכַּ֨בyish.Kavhe will lie with אִ֜ישׁ'isha man אֹתָ֗הּ'o.Ta/hwith <the>/ her וּתְהִ֤יu./te.Hiand/ it will be נִדָּתָהּ֙ni.da.Ta/hmenstruous impurity/ her עָלָ֔יו'a.La/von/ him וְטָמֵ֖אve./ta.Me'and/ he will be unclean שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'Atseven יָמִ֑יםya.Mimdays וְכָל־ve./kholand/ every הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛בha./mish.Kav<the>/ bed אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which יִשְׁכַּ֥בyish.Kavhe will lie עָלָ֖יו'a.La/von/ it יִטְמָֽא׃ פyit.Ma'it will be unclean

King James Version

And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

Cross-references

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 must be cut off from among their people.
Leviticus 18:19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Leviticus 15:33 of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
Ezekiel 22:10 In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.