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John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 15:23

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And if it [be] on [her] bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, etc.] That is, if any person or thing should be upon her bed or seat; a vessel on her bed, or a vessel upon a vessel, as Aben Ezra expresses it: when he toucheth it; that person or thing that should be on her bed or seat, as well as touch her bed or seat: shall be unclean until the even; in a ceremonial sense; so defiling was a woman in such circumstances, and to whom the Scriptures often compare unclean persons and things: and Pliny f534 speaks of menstrues as very infectious, or worse, to various creatures and things, in a natural way.
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