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Leviticus 15:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers, he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he shall sleep, shall be defiled.

Douay-Rheims

וְאִ֡ם שָׁכֹב֩ יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אִ֜ישׁ אֹתָ֗הּ וּתְהִ֤י נִדָּתָהּ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְטָמֵ֖א שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים וְכָל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ב אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃

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Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

The law also addresses the situation of a wife experiencing bleeding, as well as a woman suffering from a persistent flow that renders her unclean. Just as every container, bed, garment, and any man who comes into contact with the source of this seed is made unclean, so too is she rendered unclean. The process for her purification mirrors that of the one who has become unclean, involving the washing with water, the offering of turtledoves, and propitiation through the priest. (See Lev. 15:1-15)

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