Leviticus 15:23

23 And if it be on her bed or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the 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 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

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

24 And if any man lie with her at all and her monthly discharge be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

25 "`And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation; she shall be unclean.