Leviticus 15:20

Read in context

Leviticus 15:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

19 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

20 Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

21 and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

22 Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Hebrew words

Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Study Leviticus 15:20

Read the commentary on Leviticus 15

Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Leviticus 15:4

Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:5

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

Leviticus 15:6

Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:7

Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:8

If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:9

Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

Proverbs 2:16

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 2:17

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Proverbs 2:19

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

Proverbs 5:3

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 5:4

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Proverbs 5:6

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Proverbs 5:7

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 5:9

lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 5:11

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

Proverbs 7:12

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Proverbs 7:13

She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

Proverbs 7:14

“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.

Proverbs 7:15

So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

Proverbs 7:17

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:18

Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

Proverbs 7:19

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

Proverbs 7:20

He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

Proverbs 7:21

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Proverbs 7:22

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 7:24

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:25

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

Proverbs 7:26

For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:13

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Proverbs 9:18

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 22:27

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”