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24 and if a man actually goes to bed[a] with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him,[b] 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[c] many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation,[d] 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,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 15:24 tn Heb “actually lies down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” acts as a euphemism, implying going to bed for sexual relations.
  2. Leviticus 15:24 tn Heb “and if a man indeed lies with her and her menstrual impurity is on him.”
  3. Leviticus 15:25 tn Heb “And a woman when the flow of her blood flows.”
  4. Leviticus 15:25 tn Heb “in not the time of her menstruation or when it flows on her menstruation.”