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.
• 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.
• 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

18When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 19“ ‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. “ ‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 22Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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 anything he sits on will be unclean.
• Proverbs 2:16Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
• Proverbs 6:24keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
• Proverbs 7:10Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
• Proverbs 9:13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
• Proverbs 22:27if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be misled: “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