But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
But if she is healed from her flow, then she must count seven days for herself, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
This verse explains that after a woman's irregular bleeding stops, she must wait seven more days before she is considered ritually pure again.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Leviticus, God provided the Israelites with specific laws on ritual purity to help them maintain holiness as His chosen people in the ancient Near East, where health and cleanliness were crucial for community life and worship. This verse specifically deals with a woman who has recovered from a bodily discharge, requiring her to wait seven days before being declared clean, which was part of broader regulations to prevent impurity from affecting the camp. These instructions reflected the cultural emphasis on physical and spiritual separation from anything that could defile the community under the Mosaic Law.
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