RE: Menstruation, Turtles and Pigeons
February 11, 2015 at 7:49 am
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 7:50 am by Nope.)
These are the verses around that particular verse.
I wonder what it did for a young woman's self esteem to have to isolate herself for several days each month because she was so unclean that even her entire family couldn't touch her? What was the purpose of such a rule if not to degrade women?
They must have had pigeon breeding facilities somewhere because wouldn't they kill off all their area's pigeons?
Quote:24 “‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
25 “‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
28 “‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.
I wonder what it did for a young woman's self esteem to have to isolate herself for several days each month because she was so unclean that even her entire family couldn't touch her? What was the purpose of such a rule if not to degrade women?
They must have had pigeon breeding facilities somewhere because wouldn't they kill off all their area's pigeons?
