From Nave’s Topical Bible
Menstruation
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 9Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Law relating toLeviticus 15:19–30Leviticus 20:18Ezekiel 18:6
- Cessation of, in old ageGenesis 18:11
- Immunities of women duringGenesis 31:35
- Of animalsJeremiah 2:24
- Uncleanness ofIsaiah 30:22
- FIGURATIVEIsaiah 30:22Lamentations 1:17Ezekiel 36:17
The passages, in Bible order (9)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Commentary on Genesis 18:111 voice
They were both old and advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. To highlight the growth of heavenly power, he says that both were old, and moreover that Sarah, having been barren, was now also deprived …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
- Genesis 31:35
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
Commentary on Genesis 31:352 voices
As Jacob was returning to his own country, Laban and his companions pursued them. Upon examination of Jacob's possessions Laban found nothing of his, and therefore he could not hold him. Laban here is not unfittingly said to represent a type of the devil, because …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 88.4, 542Patristic
And she said to her father,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 15:19–30
When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
Commentary on Leviticus 15:19–301 voice
And if a woman have an issue,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 20:18
If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
Commentary on Leviticus 20:181 voice
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Isaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Commentary on Isaiah 30:221 voice
And your teacher will not fly away from you anymore, and your eyes will see your instructor, and your ears will hear the word behind you, saying: This is the way, walk in it, neither to the right nor to the left. LXX: And those who deceive you will never come near you again, for your eyes will see those who have deceived you, and your ears will hear the words behind you of those who deceive, saying: This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
Commentary on Jeremiah 2:242 voices
(Verse 24.) The swift courser, unfolding its paths: the wild donkey accustomed to solitude, attracted by the desire of its own soul, drew the wind of its love: none shall turn her away: all who seek her shall not be lacking. In her monthly flow they shall find her. In the evening her voice howled, unfolding her paths over the waters of solitude, carried by the wind of her own soul: she was handed over: who shall turn her back? All who seek her shall not labor: and in her humility they shall find her.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420Patristic
A wild ass used to the wilderness,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Lamentations 1:17
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
Commentary on Lamentations 1:172 voices
Repentance came by John, grace by Christ. He, as the Lord, gives the one; the other is proclaimed, as it were, by the servant.
Ambrose of Milan· Concerning Repentance 2.6.44-49, 397Patristic
SION HAS SPREAD FORTH HER HANDS: the fourth topic of complaint. Historical interpretation ZION HAS SPREAD FORTH HER HANDS: this signifies pain as that of a woman in labor, whence it is said elsewhere: As he that swims stretches forth his hands to swim, likewise …
Glossa Ordinaria· Commentary (church-history corpus), 1274Patristic
- Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:62 voices
(Verse 5, 6 and following) And if a man is just and does judgment and justice, does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not violate his neighbor's wife, does not approach a menstruating woman, does not oppress anyone, gives back a pledge to a debtor, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry, covers the naked with clothing, does not lend at interest or take any increase, turns his hand away from iniquity, does justice between man and man, walks in my statutes, and keeps my judgments, to do truth: this man is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord God.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
And hath not eaten upon the mountains,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 36:17
“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.
Commentary on Ezekiel 36:172 voices
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 16 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, the house of Israel have dwelt (or dwells) in their own land, and they have defiled it with their ways and their idols: according to the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity, their way has become before me.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic