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Complete Jewish Bible

Leviticus 15:20

Everything she lies on or sits on in her state of niddah 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.
New English Translation
Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on 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.
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 "‘If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she will be in her state of niddah for seven days. Whoever touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Everything she lies on or sits on in her state of niddah will be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 22 Whoever touches anything she sits on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 23 Whether he is on the bed or on something she sits on, when he touches it, he will be unclean until evening. 24 If a man goes to bed with her, and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean seven days; and every bed he lies on will be unclean. 25 "‘If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days not during her period, or if her discharge lasts beyond the normal end of her period, then throughout the time she is having an unclean discharge she will be as when she is in niddah — she is unclean. 26 Every bed she lies on at any time while she is having her discharge will be for her like the bed she uses during her time of niddah; and everything she sits on will be unclean with uncleanness like that of her time of niddah. 27 Whoever touches those things will be unclean; he is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 28 "‘If she has become free of her discharge, she is to count seven days; after that, 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 K'dorla‘omer and the kings with him came and defeated the Refa'im in ‘Asht'rot-Karnayim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Eimim in Shaveh-Kiryatayim
Isaiah 17:5
as when the harvester collects the standing grain, reaping the ears of grain with his arm; yes, as when they glean the grain in the Refa'im Valley.

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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