“Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.”
Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period. The sexual prohibition during the menstrual period connects the sexual ethics of Leviticus 18 to the purity regulations of Leviticus 15: the bodily discharge impurity framework and the sexual ethics framework overlap at this point. Leviticus 20:18 treats deliberate violation of this prohibition as a more serious offense than the impurity regulations of Leviticus 15:24 suggest. The connection between the purity regulations and the sexual ethics communicates the integrated character of the Levitical holiness framework.
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