Leviticus - 15:20



20 "'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 15:20.

Differing Translations

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And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening.
And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
'And anything on which she lieth in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sitteth is unclean;
And every thing that she lies on in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sits on shall be unclean.
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.
All who will touch her shall be unclean until evening.
Et omne super quo jacuerit separatione sua, immundum erit: omne quoque super quo sederit, immundum erit.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And every thing that she lieth upon in (g) her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
(g) That is, when she has her period, by which she is separate from her husband, from the tabernacle and from touching any holy thing.

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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