Leviticus 18:19
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:19 in other translations
| BSB | You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | ‘And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. |
| BBE | And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time. |
| Webster | Also thou shalt not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. |
What does Leviticus 18:19 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Leviticus 18:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 18:19
- Leviticus 15:24
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Ezekiel 22:10
In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
- Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
- Ezekiel 18:6
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
- Leviticus 12:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
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Context
- Leviticus 18:18
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
- Leviticus 18:19
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
- Leviticus 18:20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus 18:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no llegarás á la mujer en el apartamiento de su inmundicia, para descubrir su desnudez. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu ne t’approcheras point d’une femme durant la séparation de son impureté, pour découvrir sa nudité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und einem Weibe in der Unreinheit ihrer Unreinigkeit sollst du nicht nahen, um ihre Blöße aufzudecken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ad mulierem quæ patitur menstrua non accedes, nec revelabis fœditatem ejus. |