Leviticus 15:23

23 Whether he is on the bed or on something she sits on, when he touches it, he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:23 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 15:23

And if it [be] on [her] bed, or on anything whereon she
sitteth
That is, if any person or thing should be upon her bed or seat; a vessel on her bed, or a vessel upon a vessel, as Aben Ezra expresses it: when he toucheth it;
that person or thing that should be on her bed or seat, as well as touch her bed or seat: shall be unclean until the even;
in a ceremonial sense; so defiling was a woman in such circumstances, and to whom the Scriptures often compare unclean persons and things: and Pliny ^F9 speaks of menstrues as very infectious, or worse, to various creatures and things, in a natural way.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 15.

Leviticus 15:23 In-Context

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.