Leviticus 18:19

18:19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

Leviticus 15:31

Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges

15:31 “‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.


tn Heb “in the menstruation of her impurity”; NIV “during the uncleanness of her monthly period.”

tn Heb “And you shall.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

tn Heb “and they.” Here the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) indicates a negative purpose (“lest,” so NAB, NASB).