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Leviticus 15:33 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 33. 33And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes by including menstruation, male and female discharge, and intercourse during menstruation.
Read It With
- Leviticus 15:31-33
Read through 15:31-33 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 15:33 closes by including menstruation, male and female discharge, and intercourse during menstruation; the whole unit establishes this: Israel is warned not to die by defiling the tabernacle, and the law is summarized for male discharge, semen, menstruation, prolonged bleeding, and intercourse.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Leviticus places this unit within the discharge sequence, which distinguishes ordinary and prolonged conditions, washing and waiting, sexual contact, and sanctuary danger. Its particular contribution is: Israel is warned not to die by defiling the tabernacle, and the law is summarized for male discharge, semen, menstruation, prolonged bleeding, and intercourse. Within that movement, this verse closes by including menstruation, male and female discharge, and intercourse during menstruation.
What Remains True
Closes by including menstruation, male and female discharge, and intercourse during menstruation. Within Leviticus 15:31-33, this contributes to the larger claim that Israel is warned not to die by defiling the tabernacle, and the law is summarized for male discharge, semen, menstruation, prolonged bleeding, and intercourse.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 15:33, keep the verse inside Leviticus 15:31-33. Hold this boundary: The sanctuary rationale does not turn bodies into threats to ordinary community or God-given dignity. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 15:31-33 — The chapter protects the sanctuary and summarizes every dischargeSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 15:31-33, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 15:31-33
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 15:31-33
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