Leviticus 18:19

You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.

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In The King James Version

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

In Context

18You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.

20You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.

Leviticus 20:18Whoever has sexual intercourse with a woman in her menstrual flow, and has uncovered her nakedness, and she has opened the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed from the midst of their people.

Ezekiel 22:10They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you. They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:7-19

Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. ( b. c. 1490.) 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord . 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she… Read the whole commentary →

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