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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.

Context of Leviticus 15:20

18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening. 19"When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. 21And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 22And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And every thing that she liethשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• upon in her separationנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• every thing also that she sittethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:20

• Leviticus 15:4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
• Proverbs 2:16So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 6:24to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 7:10And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
• Proverbs 9:13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive 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 something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."

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