Leviticus 18:19

Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period.

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

In Context

18Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other.

20Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her period for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 20:18A man who has sex with a woman having her period has exposed where her blood flow comes from, and she has too. They must both be expelled from their people.

Ezekiel 22:10Some of those living in the city have sex with their father's wives or with women during their period.

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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