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

18When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 19“‘When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 22Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until 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 15:4“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean.
• Proverbs 2:16to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
• Proverbs 6:24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
• Proverbs 7:10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
• Proverbs 9:13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
• Proverbs 22:27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts 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