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Unlawful Sexual Relations

Leviticus 18:19

In 11 translations

BSB
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
KJV
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
WEB
“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
ASV
And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
LSV
And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
YLT
'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
DBY
And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
DRC
Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers, neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.
GNV
Thou shalt not also go vnto a woman to vncouer her shame, as long as she is put apart for her disease.
JPS
And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
LXXE
And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנִדַּ֣ת טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ לֹ֣א תִקְרַ֔ב לְגַלּ֖וֹת עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πρὸς γυναῖκα ἐν χωρισμῷ ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῆς οὐκ εἰσελεύσῃ ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 20:18If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
  • Leviticus 15:24If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
  • Ezekiel 22:10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
  • Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
  • Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
  • Leviticus 12:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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