Rules About a Woman’s Body

¹⁹ “‘When a woman has ·her monthly period [^La discharge of blood from her genitals/body], she is unclean [^Cin a ritual sense; the blood’s association with reproduction makes it holy; 15:16] for seven days; anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. ²⁰ Anything she lies on during this time will be unclean, and everything she sits on during this time will be unclean. ²¹ Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water; that person will be unclean until evening. ²² Anyone who touches something she has sat on must wash his clothes and bathe in water; that person will be unclean until evening. ²³ It does not matter if the person touched the woman’s bed or something she sat on; he will be unclean until evening.

²⁴ “‘If a man ·has sexual relations with a woman [lies with her] and her ·monthly period [discharge] touches him, he will be unclean [^Cin a ritual sense] for seven days; every bed he lies on will be unclean.

²⁵ “‘If a woman has a ·loss [discharge] of blood for many days and it is not during her regular monthly period, or if she continues to have a ·loss [discharge] of blood after her regular period, she will be unclean [^Cin a ritual sense], as she is during her monthly period. She will be unclean for as long as she continues to bleed [Matt. 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 8:43]. ²⁶ Any bed she lies on during all the time of her ·bleeding [discharge] will be like her bed during her regular monthly period. Everything she sits on will be unclean, as during her regular monthly period.

²⁷ “‘Whoever touches those things will be unclean [^Cin a ritual sense] and must wash his clothes and bathe in water; he will be unclean until evening. ²⁸ When the woman becomes clean from her ·bleeding [discharge], she must ·wait [^Lcount] seven days, and after this she will be clean. ²⁹ Then on the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. ³⁰ The priest must offer one bird for a sin [or purification; 4:3] offering and the other for a whole burnt offering [1:1–17]. In this way the priest will make her clean so she can belong to the Lord again [^Land make atonement for her].