Vayikra 15:23

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be tamei until the erev.

Vayikra 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.

Vayikra 15:23 In-Context

21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev.

22 And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev.

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be tamei until the erev.

24 And if any ish lie with her at all, and her niddah (menstrual flow) be upon him, he shall be tamei seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be tamei.

25 And if an isha have a discharge of her dahm many days out of the time of her niddah, or if it run beyond the time of her niddah, all the days of the discharge of her tumah shall be as the days of her niddah; she shall be tamei.