2 Samuel 11:4
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And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

James 1:14
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

James 1:15
Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

Leviticus 12:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man child, she shall be unclean seven days, according to the days of separation of her flowers.

Leviticus 15:18
The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water: and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 18:19
Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.

2 Samuel 12:12
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

Psalm 51:1
Unto the end, a psalm of David, [2] When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with Bethsabee. [3] Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

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And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

sent messengers

Genesis 39:7 And after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.

Job 31:9-11 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: . . .

Psalm 50:18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

he lay

Psalm 51:1 Unto the end, a psalm of David, [2] When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with Bethsabee. [3] Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

James 1:14,15 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. . . .

she was, etc.

purified

Leviticus 12:2-5 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man child, she shall be unclean seven days, according to the days of separation of her flowers. . . .

Leviticus 15:19-28 The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days. . . .

Leviticus 18:19 Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.

Context
David and Bathsheba
3And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite. 4And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:5And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.…
Lexicon
Then David
דָּוִ֨ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

messengers
מַלְאָכִ֜ים (mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

to get her,
וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָ (way·yiq·qā·ḥe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

and when she came
וַתָּב֤וֹא (wat·tā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to him,
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

he slept
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (way·yiš·kaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

with her.
עִמָּ֔הּ (‘im·māh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

(Now she
וְהִ֥יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

had just purified herself
מִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁת (miṯ·qad·de·šeṯ)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

from her uncleanness.)
מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּ (miṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2932: Religious impurity

Then she returned
וַתָּ֖שָׁב (wat·tā·šāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

home.
בֵּיתָֽהּ׃ (bê·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.

And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; (for she was purified from her uncleanness;) and she returned unto her house.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.

David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house;
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