So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.
Leviticus 18:19 - New Revised Standard Version You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also you shall not have intercourse with a woman during her [menstrual period or similar] uncleanness. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. Common English Bible You must not approach a woman for sexual contact during her menstrual uncleanness. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness. |
So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.
if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period,
In you they uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women in their menstrual periods.
Speak to the people of Israel, saying: If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be ceremonially unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
When a woman has a discharge of blood that is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
If any man lies with her, and her impurity falls on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
And you shall not take a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
If a man lies with a woman having her sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow and she has laid bare her flow of blood; both of them shall be cut off from their people.