2 Samuel 11:4

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2 Samuel 11:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

3 So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

6 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

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Leviticus 12:3

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Leviticus 12:4

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Leviticus 12:5

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Leviticus 15:20

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Leviticus 15:21

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Leviticus 15:22

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Leviticus 15:23

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Leviticus 15:24

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Leviticus 15:25

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Leviticus 15:26

Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

Leviticus 15:27

Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:28

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Leviticus 15:29

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Leviticus 15:30

The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

Leviticus 15:31

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Leviticus 15:32

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Leviticus 15:33

of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

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