Leviticus 18:19

Leviticus 18:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity.

Context of Leviticus 18:19

17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved. 18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive. You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period. 20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her. 21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 18:19 word by word

וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנִדַּ֣ת טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ לֹ֣א תִקְרַ֔ב לְגַלּ֖וֹת עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• ·אֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• You must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• approachקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• to have sexual relations with herגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• to have sexual relations with herעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• during her menstrual periodנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• during her menstrual periodטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:19

• Leviticus 15:19When 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.
• Leviticus 20:18If 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.
• Ezekiel 18:6He 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.
• Ezekiel 22:10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19As long as she is put apart - See Clarke's note on Leviticus 15:24.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302-4. I am the Lord your God--This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt and Canaan; for the enormities, which the laws enumerated in this chapter were intended to put down, were freely practised or publicly sanctioned in both of those countries; and, indeed, the extermination of the ancient Canaanites is…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 18:19

• Copulation

In the dictionaries

• Approach
• Live
• Mankind
• Near
• Apart
• Atonement, Day of
• Bastard
• Clean
• Cornelius
• Criticism

Commentaries on Leviticus 18

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings