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Issue of blood, coming from any cut or nosebleed (Prv 30:33). However, in Scripture it almost always refers to vaginal bleeding. Laws concerning normal and abnormal menstruation are given in Leviticus 15:19-30. A woman with normal menstruation was considered unclean for seven days, along with anything that came into contact with her. A woman who bled longer than seven days was unclean as long as she was bleeding plus seven additional days.

Show passage in OET: PRO 30:33

OET-RV PRO 30:33

33 because churning milk makes butter,
⇔ squeezing the nose makes it bloody,
⇔ and stirring up anger produces strife.

OET-LV PRO 30:33

33 If/because squeezing _of milk it _brings _forth curd[s] and_squeezing _of a _nose it _brings _forth blood and_squeezing anger(s) it _brings _forth strife.

Show passage in OET: LEV 15:19–30

OET-RV LEV 15:19

19 When a woman has her menstrual period, she’ll be ‘unclean’ for seven days, and anyone who touches her during that time will be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-RV LEV 15:20

20 Anything that she lies on or sits on during that time will become ‘unclean’.

OET-RV LEV 15:21

21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes and bathe in water, and they’ll be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-RV LEV 15:22

22 Anyone who touches anything that she sat on must wash their clothes and bathe in water, and they’ll be ‘unclean’ until the evening,

OET-RV LEV 15:23

23 i.e., whether it’s her bed or something she sat on, anyone who touches it will be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-RV LEV 15:24

24 If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and gets blood on him, then he’ll be ‘unclean’ for seven days, and any bed that he lies on will also become ‘unclean’.

OET-RV LEV 15:25

25 If any woman has a blood flow when it’s not her period, or keeps bleeding beyond her menstrual period, all those days will be regarded the same as her menstruation so she’ll be ‘unclean’.

OET-RV LEV 15:26

26 Any bed that she lies on as long as she’s discharging blood will be regarded the same as during her menstruation and will be ‘unclean’, as will anything she sits on.

OET-RV LEV 15:27

27 Also, any person who touches them will be ‘unclean’ and they must wash their clothes and bathe in water, and they’ll be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-RV LEV 15:28

28 Once the flow stops, then the woman must count off seven days, and then she’ll be ‘clean’ after that.

OET-RV LEV 15:29

29 Then on the eighth day, she must take two doves or young pigeons and give them to a priest at the entrance to the sacred tent,

OET-RV LEV 15:30

30 and he will offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, thus making her right with Yahweh from her ‘unclean’ flow.

OET-LV LEV 15:19

19 And_a _woman if/because she _will _be discharging blood discharge _of_her in_flesh _of_her it _will _be seven _of days she _will _be in_her _menstruous _of_impurity and_all (the)_one_who_touches (in)_her he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:20

20 And_all/each/any/every that she _will _lie _down on/upon/above_him/it in_her _menstruous _of_impurity it _will _be _unclean and_all/each/any/every that she _will _sit on/upon/above_him/it it _will _be _unclean.

OET-LV LEV 15:21

21 And_all (the)_one_who_touches (in)_bed _of_her he _will _wash garments _of_his and_he _will _wash with_water and_he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:22

22 And_all (the)_one_who_touches in_all article which she _will _sit on/upon/above_him/it he _will _wash garments _of_his and_he _will _wash with_water and_he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:23

23 And_if is_on the_bed it or on the_article which she was_sitting on/upon/above_him/it when_touches_he in_him/it he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:24

24 And_if indeed _(lie) a _man he _will _lie DOM_her/it and_ impurity _of_her _menstruous _it _will _be on/upon/above_him/it and_he _will _be _unclean seven _of days and_all (the)_bed which he _will _lie on/upon/above_him/it it _will _be _unclean.

OET-LV LEV 15:25

25 And_a _woman if/because the _discharge _of her _blood _of_her it _will _discharge days many at_not the _time _of her _menstruous _impurity _of_her or if/because she _will _discharge on impurity _of_her _menstruous all _of the _days _of the _discharge _of her _uncleanness _of_her like_the _days _of her _menstruous _impurity _of_her she _will _be is_unclean she.

OET-LV LEV 15:26

26 Every _of (the)_bed which she _will _lie on/upon/above_him/it all _of the _days _of her _discharge _of_her like_the _bed _of her _menstruous _impurity _of_her it _will _be to_her and_all (the)_article which she _will _sit on/upon/above_him/it unclean it _will _be like_the _uncleanness _of her _menstruous _impurity _of_her.

OET-LV LEV 15:27

27 And_all (the)_one_who_touches (in)_them he _will _be _unclean and_he _will _wash garments _of_his and_he _will _wash with_water and_he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:28

28 And_if she _has _become _pure from_discharge _of_her and_she _will _count for_herself seven _of days and_after she _will _be _pure.

OET-LV LEV 15:29

29 And_on_day (the)_eighth she _will _take to/for_her/it two _of turtle-doves or two _of young _ones _of a _dove and_she _will _bring them to the_priest/officer to the _entrance _of the _tent _of meeting.

OET-LV LEV 15:30

30 And_ the_priest/officer _he _will _offer DOM the_one a _sin _offering and_DOM the_one a _burnt _offering and_he _will _make _atonement on/upon_it(f) the_priest/officer to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH from_the _discharge _of her _uncleanness _of_her.

Jump to OET PRO 30:33 section.

Jump to OET LEV 15:19–30 section.

All the Gospels except John give an account of the miraculous healing by Jesus of the woman who had a hemorrhage for 12 years (Mt 9:20-22; Mk 5:25-34; Lk 8:43-48). By touching Jesus’ garment, the woman was actually violating the OT laws concerning menstruation and making Jesus’ garment unclean (Lv 15). Her courageous act of faith in Jesus healed her.

Show passage in OET: MAT 9:20–22

OET-RV MAT 9:20

20 Just then, a woman who’d been bleeding internally for twelve years came up behind Yeshua and touched the edge of his robe,

OET-RV MAT 9:21

21 because she’d told herself that if she could just touch his robe, she’d be healed.

OET-RV MAT 9:22

22 Yeshua turned and saw her and said, “Be encouraged, daughter, your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed that very moment.

OET-LV MAT 9:20

20 And see, a_woman haemorrhaging twelve years having _approached behind, she _touched against _the fringe of _the garment of _him.

OET-LV MAT 9:21

21 For/Because she _was _saying in herself:
If only I _may _touch against _the garment of _him, I _will _be _being _healed.

OET-LV MAT 9:22

22 But the Yaʸsous having _been _turned and having _seen her said:
Be _having _courage, daughter, the faith of _you has _healed you.
And the woman was _healed from the that hour.

Show passage in OET: MRK 5:25–34

OET-RV MRK 5:25

25 Then a woman came who had been losing blood for twelve years,

OET-RV MRK 5:26

26 and who’d endured much under various doctors despite spending everything she had. After all that, she’d ended up even worse,

OET-RV MRK 5:27

27 but when she heard about what Yeshua had been doing, she worked her way through the crowd to the back of Yeshua and touched his clothes,

OET-RV MRK 5:28

28 because she had told herself, “If I could even just touch his clothes, I’d be healed.”

OET-RV MRK 5:29

29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she knew that she had been healed.

OET-RV MRK 5:30

30 Immediately also, Yeshua knew that power had gone out of him, and he turned back towards the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”

OET-RV MRK 5:31

31 But his followers said, “You can see all the people that were pressing on you so why would you ask who touched you?”

OET-RV MRK 5:32

32 But Yeshua was still looking around to see who had done it

OET-RV MRK 5:33

33 when the woman, scared and shaking because of what was happening, came and fell to her knees in front of Yeshua and told him the whole story.

OET-RV MRK 5:34

34 “Daughter, your faith has healed you,” Yeshua said. “Go in peace and full health.”

OET-LV MRK 5:25

25 And a_woman being twelve years with a_haemorrhage of _blood,

OET-LV MRK 5:26

26 and having _suffered much under many doctors, and having _spent all the things by herself and having _been _benefitted nothing, but rather having _come to the worse,

OET-LV MRK 5:27

27 having _heard the things concerning the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), having _come behind in the crowd, she _touched against _the garment of _him.

OET-LV MRK 5:28

28 For/Because she _was _saying that If I _may _touch even _if against _the garments of _him, I _will _be _being _healed.

OET-LV MRK 5:29

29 And immediately the flow of _the blood of _her was _dried _up, and she _knew in _her body that she _has _been _healed from the affliction.

OET-LV MRK 5:30

30 And immediately the Yaʸsous, having _known in himself the power having _come _out out _of him, having _been _turned _back in the crowd he _was _saying:
Who touched against _the clothes of _me?

OET-LV MRK 5:31

31 And the apprentices/followers of _him were _saying to _him:
You _are _seeing the crowd pressing _on you, and you _are _saying:
Who touched against _me?

OET-LV MRK 5:32

32 And he _was _looking _around to _see the woman having _done this.

OET-LV MRK 5:33

33 And the woman having _been _afraid and trembling, having _known what has _become to _her, came and fell _before before _him and told all the truth to _him.

OET-LV MRK 5:34

34 And he said to _her:
Daughter, the faith of _you has _healed you, be _going in peace, and be healthy from the affliction of _you.

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:43–48

OET-RV LUK 8:43

43 a woman who’d had internal bleeding for twelve years and who couldn’t be helped by any doctor,

OET-RV LUK 8:44

44 worked her way up behind Yeshua and touched the edge of his robe. Immediately her bleeding stopped

OET-RV LUK 8:45

45 and Yeshua stopped and said, “Who touched me?”
¶ No one owned up, and Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) said, “Master, there’s people all around you and they’re pressing against you.”

OET-RV LUK 8:46

46 “Someone touched me,” Yeshua responded, “because I felt power going out from me.”

OET-RV LUK 8:47

47 When the woman now saw that she wouldn’t get away with it, she came to Yeshua shaking, and knelt down at his feet. She told him in front of all the people why she’d touched his clothes and how she’d been immediately healed.

OET-RV LUK 8:48

48 “Lady,” Yeshua said, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

OET-LV LUK 8:43

43 And a_woman being with a_haemorrhage of _blood for twelve years, who was_ not _able to _be _healed by no _one,

OET-LV LUK 8:44

44 having _approached behind, she _touched against _the fringe of _the garment of _him, and immediately the haemorrhage of _the blood of _her stopped.

OET-LV LUK 8:45

45 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
Who is the one having _touched against _me?
And disowning it all, the Petros said:
Master, the crowds are _pressing you and they _are _pressing _in.

OET-LV LUK 8:46

46 But the Yaʸsous said:
Someone touched against _me, because/for I knew power having _come _out from me.

OET-LV LUK 8:47

47 And the woman having _seen that she_ not _escaped _notice, came trembling and having _fallen _before to _him, she _reported before all for that cause she _touched against _him, the people, and how she _was _healed immediately.

OET-LV LUK 8:48

48 And he said to _her:
Daughter, the faith of _you has _healed you, be _going in peace.

Jump to OET MAT 9:20–22 section.

Jump to OET MRK 5:25–34 section.

Jump to OET LUK 8:43–48 section.

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