“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 regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. The female monthly discharge — the regular menstrual flow — creates a seven-day impurity period. The contact-impurity for those who touch the menstruating woman: until-evening impurity. The seven days of impurity for the monthly flow parallels the seven-day impurity for childbirth (Leviticus 12:2). The regular, predictable nature of the monthly discharge creates a regular, predictable impurity period within the community's liturgical life.
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