And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
When a woman has her monthly bleeding, she must be kept separate for seven days. Anyone who touches her during this time will be considered unclean until evening.
This verse establishes that a woman during her menstrual period was considered ceremonially unclean and needed to be separated for seven days.
📚 Historical Context
This law was part of the ancient Israelite purity code given to Moses around 1400 BC. In the ancient Near East, bodily discharges were commonly viewed as making someone ceremonially unfit for worship or community participation. These regulations helped maintain ritual cleanliness for the tabernacle worship system and likely served practical health purposes in a time before modern sanitation.
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