Lev 15:25-30 | NET2full | STEP | “‘ When a woman’s discharge of blood flows many days not at the time of her menstruation , or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation , all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation

‏ Leviticus 15:25-30

25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows ^{▼▼tn Heb “And a woman when the flow of her blood flows.”} many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, ^{▼▼tn Heb “in not the time of her menstruation or when it flows on her menstruation.”} all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation—she is unclean. 26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ^{▼▼tn See the note on v. 5 above.}

Purity Regulations for Female Bodily Discharges

28 “‘If ^{▼▼tn Heb “And if….” Although this clause is parallel to v. 13 above, it begins with וְאִם (veʾim, “and if”) here rather than וְכִי (vekhi, “and when/if”) there.} she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean. 29 Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ^{▼▼tn Heb “from the sons of the pigeon,” referring either to “young pigeons” or “various species of pigeon” (contrast J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:168 with J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 14; cf. Lev 1:14 and esp. 5:7-10).} and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 30 and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. ^{▼▼tn Heb “And the priest shall make the one a sin offering and the one a burnt offering.”} So the priest ^{▼▼tn Heb “And the priest.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.} is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.