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

Leviticus 15:19,24 The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days. . . .

Leviticus 20:18 If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood: both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.

Ezekiel 18:6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman:

Ezekiel 22:10 They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
18Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living. 19Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.20Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed.…
Cross References
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 15:24
If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers, he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he shall sleep, shall be defiled.

Leviticus 18:18
Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

Leviticus 20:18
If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood: both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.

2 Samuel 11:4
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:

Ezekiel 22:10
They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.

Lexicon
You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

approach
תִקְרַ֔ב (ṯiq·raḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach

a woman
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

to have sexual relations with
לְגַלּ֖וֹת (lə·ḡal·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

her
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ (‘er·wā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6172: Nakedness

during her menstrual period.
בְּנִדַּ֣ת (bə·nid·daṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5079: Rejection, impurity, personal, moral


Additional Translations
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

Also thou shalt not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
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