Leviticus 15:19
The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Mulier, quæ redeunte mense patitur fluxum sanguinis, septem diebus separabitur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ γυνὴ ἥτις ἐὰν ᾖ ῥέουσα αἵματι, ἔσται ἡ ῥύσις αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτῆς, ἑπτά ἡμέρας ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἀφέδρῳ αὐτῆς· πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῆς ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאִשָּׁה֙ כִּֽי תִהְיֶ֣ה זָבָ֔ה דָּ֛ם יִהְיֶ֥ה זֹבָ֖הּ בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּ שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה בְנִדָּתָ֔הּ וְכָל הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד הָעָֽרֶב
Haydock's commentary
At....month. The Hebrew and other versions omit this. (Calmet)
But "her issue in her flesh," implies as much. (Haydock)
Naturalists anciently deemed this very contagious. (Solin c. i.; Pliny ix. 15.) (Calmet)
Days, not out of the camp, but from the company of men.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian The Five Books Against Marcion, Comparison of Christ's Power Over Winds and Waves with Moses' Command of the Waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. Christ's Power Over Unclean Spirits. The Case of the Legion. The Cure of the Issue of Blood. The Mosaic Uncleanness on This Point Explained
But “what manner of man is this? for He commandeth even the winds and water!” Of course He is the new master and proprietor of the elements, now that the Creator is deposed, and excluded from their possession! Nothing of the kind. But the elements own their own Maker, just as they had been accustomed to obey His servants also. Examine well the Exodus, Marcion; look at the rod of Moses, as it waves His command to the Red Sea, ampler than all the lakes of Judæa. …