Lev 15:19-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 15:19-23: 15:19-23 There is nothing wrong or diseased about a woman’s menstrual period . However, because it is accompanied by a bloody discharge, the woman was considered ceremonially unclean (see 15:32-33 ). The restrictions were similar to the restrictions on the man with the bodily discharge (15:2-12 ): She was allowed to live at home, but whatever she sat on became unclean. Anyone who touched her had to wash, and presumably she also did so at the end of the seven-day quarantine. However, no animal sacrifice was required.

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‏ Leviticus 15:19-24

Summary for Lev 15:19-23: 15:19-23 ^a There is nothing wrong or diseased about a woman’s menstrual period. However, because it is accompanied by a bloody discharge, the woman was considered ceremonially unclean (see 15:32-33 ^b). The restrictions were similar to the restrictions on the man with the bodily discharge (15:2-12 ^c): She was allowed to live at home, but whatever she sat on became unclean. Anyone who touched her had to wash, and presumably she also did so at the end of the seven-day quarantine. However, no animal sacrifice was required.
15:24 ^d Sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period will later be forbidden and given a harsh penalty (18:19 ^e). This verse probably describes a case in which the woman’s menstrual flow went unnoticed when the sexual activity began or in which the woman’s period began during intercourse. The regulations required the man who came into contact with her blood to share the woman’s seven-day quarantine.