Imamat 15:19

Female Bodily Discharges

15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge ¹  and her discharge is blood from her body, ²  she is to be in her menstruation ³  seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Imamat 15:24-25

15:24 and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, ⁴  then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean.

15:25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows ⁵  many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, ⁶  all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation – she is unclean.

[15:19]  ¹ tn See the note on Lev 15:2 above.

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “blood shall be her discharge in her flesh.” The term “flesh” here refers euphemistically to the female sexual area (cf. the note on v. 2 above).

[15:19]  ³ tn See the note on Lev 12:2 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:925-27.

[15:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and if a man indeed lies with her and her menstrual impurity is on him.”

[15:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “And a woman when the flow of her blood flows.”

[15:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “in not the time of her menstruation or when it flows on her menstruation.”