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

17“Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take her granddaughter, whether her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act. 18“While your wife is living, do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with her, for they would be rivals. “Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity. 20“Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife. 21“Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also thou shalt not approachקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• unto a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• to uncoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• her nakednessעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• as long as she is put apartנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• for her uncleannessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:19

• Leviticus 15:19“Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 20:18“If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her menstrual period, both of them must be cut off from the community, for together they have exposed the source of her blood flow.
• Ezekiel 18:6He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.
• Ezekiel 22:10Men sleep with their fathers’ wives and force themselves on women who are menstruating.

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

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• 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