Leviticus 18:19

19 "You are not to come near a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.[a]

Leviticus 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:19

Also thou shall not approach unto a woman
Not even a man to his own wife, and much less to another woman: to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her
uncleanness;
in her monthly courses; and the time of her separation from her husband on that account was seven days, ( Leviticus 15:19 ) ; if a man lay with a woman when in such circumstances, they were both to be cut off from their people, ( Leviticus 20:18 ) ; and such an action is reckoned among sins, and uncleanness of the worst sort, ( Ezekiel 22:10 ) .

Leviticus 18:19 In-Context

17 You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
18 You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her [sister's] lifetime.
19 "You are not to come near a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.
20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife, defiling yourself with her.
21 "You are not to make any of your children pass through [the fire] to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lv 15:19-24; 20:18; Ezk 18:6
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