Leviticus 15:20

Leviticus 15:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:20

18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening. 19When 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. Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean, 21and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. 22Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:20 word by word

וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בְּנִדָּתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֑א וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־תֵּשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

• Anythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• she liesשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• or sitsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• during her menstruationנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• will be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:20

• Leviticus 15:4Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
• Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
• Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
• Proverbs 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And 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 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:20

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-23A woman's menstrual period is natural and not a disease. But because it involved a bloody discharge, she became ceremonially unclean (see Leviticus 15:32–33). The rules were similar to those for a man with a bodily discharge (15:2–12). She could stay at home, but anything she sat on became unclean. Anyone who touched her had to wash, and she probably did the same after the seven-day quarantine. There was no animal sacrifice needed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3319. if a woman have an issue--Though this, like the leprosy, might be a natural affection, it was anciently considered contagious and entailed a ceremonial defilement which typified a moral impurity. This ceremonial defilement had to be removed by an appointed method of ceremonial expiation, and the neglect of it subjected any one to the guilt of defiling the tabernacle, and to death as the penalty of profane temerity.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:20

• Defilement
• Menstruation
• Purification
• Sanitation
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Even; Evening; Eventide
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• John the Baptist
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Leviticus 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings