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Leviticus 15:20

Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Menstruation;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Women;   The Topic Concordance - Sexual Activities;   Uncleanness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Woman;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Discharge;   Issue;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Separation;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Medicine;   Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Separation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Baraita De-Niddah;   Baths, Bathing;   Pharisees;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
King James Version
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Lexham English Bible
And anything upon which she lies down during her menstruation shall become unclean, and anything upon which she sits shall become unclean.
New Century Version
Anything she lies on during this time will be unclean, and everything she sits on during this time will be unclean.
Amplified Bible
'Everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
New American Standard Bible
'Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whatsoeuer she lieth vpon in her separation, shalbe vncleane, and euery thing that she sitteth vpon, shalbe vncleane.
Legacy Standard Bible
Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
Contemporary English Version
Anything that she rests on or sits on is also unclean, and if you touch either of these, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.
Complete Jewish Bible
Everything she lies on or sits on in her state of niddah will be unclean.
Darby Translation
And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everything she lies on during her monthly time of bleeding will be unclean. And everything she sits on during that time will be unclean.
English Standard Version
And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
George Lamsa Translation
And everything upon which she lies during her menstruous discharge shall be unclean; and everything also that she sits upon shall be unclean.
Good News Translation
Anything on which she sits or lies during her monthly period is unclean.
Christian Standard Bible®
Anything she lies on during her menstruation will become unclean, and anything she sits on will become unclean.
Literal Translation
And anything on which she lies in her impurity shall be unclean; and anything on which she sits shall be unclean.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all that she lyeth vpon (as longe as she is put aparte) shalbe vncleane.
American Standard Version
And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Bible in Basic English
And everything on which she has been resting, while she is kept separate, will be unclean, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all that she lyeth vpon in ye tyme of her seperation, shalbe vncleane: lyke as euery thing also that she sitteth vpon, is vncleane.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
King James Version (1611)
And euery thing that she lieth vpon in her separation, shall be vncleane: euery thing also that she sitteth vpon, shalbe vncleane.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And every thing whereon she shall lie in her separation, shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean.
English Revised Version
And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Berean Standard Bible
Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the place in which sche slepith ether sittith in the daies of hir departyng, schal be defoulid.
Young's Literal Translation
`And anything on which she lieth in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sitteth is unclean;
Update Bible Version
And everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
Webster's Bible Translation
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
World English Bible
"'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
New King James Version
Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean.
New Living Translation
Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.
New Life Bible
Everything she lies on while she is unclean will be unclean. And everything she sits on will be unclean.
New Revised Standard
Everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, whatsoever she lieth upon in her removal, shall be unclean, - and, whatsoever she sitteth upon, shall be unclean;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.

Contextual Overview

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. 20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 23 If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening, 24 and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean. 25 "‘When a woman's discharge of blood flows many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation—she is unclean. 26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 28 "‘If she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 15:4-9, Proverbs 2:16-19, Proverbs 5:3-13, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 6:35, Proverbs 7:10-27, Proverbs 9:13-18, Proverbs 22:27, Ecclesiastes 7:26, 1 Corinthians 15:33

Reciprocal: Numbers 18:20 - General Numbers 19:9 - a water of separation Mark 5:25 - an issue

Cross-References

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Isaiah 17:5
It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean,.... During her being apart from her husband, with whom she might be, and do all offices for him, but not lie with him; and whatsoever she lay upon during this time, bed or couch, and the clothes upon them, were unclean:

everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean; chair, stool, &c. as is the case of a man, Leviticus 15:4.


 
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