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Leviticus 15

Lev. 15:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And every thing that she lieth
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon in her separation
niddah (Hebrew #5079)
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
KJV usage: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
Pronounce: nid-daw'
Origin: from 5074
shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
: every thing also that she sitteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Lev. 15:4‑9• 4Every bed whereon he that hath the flux lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
6And he that sitteth on [anything] whereon he that hath the flux sat shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
8And if he that hath the flux spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
9And what carriage (or saddle) soever he that hath the flux rideth upon shall be unclean.
(Lev. 15:4‑9)
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Prov. 2:16‑19• 16To deliver thee from the strange woman,{HR}From the stranger who flattereth with her words;
17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth{HR}And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For her house inclineth unto death,{HR}And her paths unto the dead;
19None that go unto her return again,{HR}Nor attain unto the paths of life; —
(Prov. 2:16‑19)
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Prov. 5:3‑13• 3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,{HR}And her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4But her end is bitter as wormwood,{HR}Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death;{HR}Her steps take hold on Sheol.
6Lest she should ponder the path of life,{HR}Her ways are unstable, she knoweth [it] not.
7And now, children, hearken to me,{HR}And depart not from the words of my mouth.
8Remove thy way far from her,{HR}And come not nigh the door of her house;
9Lest thou give thine honour to others,{HR}And thy years to the cruel;
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth,{HR}And thy labours [go] to the house of an alien;
11And thou mourn in thine end,{HR}When thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
12And thou say, How have I hated instruction,{HR}And my heart despised reproof;
13And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,{HR}Nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me!
(Prov. 5:3‑13)
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Prov. 6:24,35• 24To keep thee from the evil woman,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman.
35He will not regard any ransom,{HR}Neither will he rest content though thou multipliest gifts.
(Prov. 6:24,35)
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Prov. 7:10‑27• 10And, behold, there met him a woman{HR}[In] the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11She [is] clamorous and ungovernable;{HR}Her feet abide not in her house;
12Now [she is] in the streets,{HR}Now in the broadways,{HR}And lieth in wait at every corner.
13And she caught him and kissed him;{HR}With an impudent face she said to him,
14I have peace-offerings;{HR}This day have I paid my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,{HR}Diligently to seek thy face;{HR}And I have found thee.
16My bed I have decked with tapestry coverings,{HR}With variegated cloths of yarn from Egypt.
17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us revel in love until the morning;{HR}Let us delight ourselves with loves.
19For the husband [is] not at home{HR}And he is gone a long journey;
20He hath taken the money-bag with him;{HR}He will come home at the day of full moon.
21With her much fair speech she beguiled him;{HR}With the flattery of her lips she constrained him.
22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life.
24And now, sons, hearken to me,{HR}And attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways;{HR}Go not astray in her paths:
26For she hath cast down many wounded;{HR}And all slain by her are strong.
27Her house [is] the way to Sheol,{HR}Going down to the chambers of death.
(Prov. 7:10‑27)
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Prov. 9:13‑18• 13The foolish woman [is] clamorous;{HR}Senseless, and knoweth nothing.
14And she sitteth at the door of her house,{HR}On a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call those that pass by who go right on their ways.
16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
17Stolen waters are sweet,{HR}And the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there,{HR}[That] her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol.
(Prov. 9:13‑18)
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Prov. 22:27• 27If thou hast nothing to pay,{HR}Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? (Prov. 22:27)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And everything that she lieth upon in her separationa shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "uncleanness," also in vers. 25,26,33; as ch. 12.2.

W. Kelly Translation

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And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.