OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 11:4

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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.

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Verse 4. Purified. Lit. “sanctified.” Hebrew and Septuagint “for she was,” and so forth Bible.—Hoc ideo additum ne miraremur illico eam concepisse. Grot. Arist. Anim. vii. 20.—Women were obliged to bathe after such actions. Leviticus 15:18.

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