Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
- KJV And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- NKJV Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean.
- NASB Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
- NLT Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.
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Quick answer
Whatever she lies or sits on during her period becomes unclean. Her impurity transfers to her bed and seat.
Overview
As with the man's discharge, the woman's furniture becomes unclean during her period. The symmetry of these laws shows God's even-handed treatment of both sexes regarding ceremonial purity. The spreading defilement again pictures the reach of impurity and the corresponding completeness of the cleansing God supplies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Lev 15:4–9Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
- Eccl 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Prov 2:16–19It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- 1 Cor 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Prov 7:10–27Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Prov 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Prov 5:3–13Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Prov 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Prov 9:13–18The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Prov 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
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