This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1.

Continue in the blood of her purifying. —Better, continue in the blood of purification, that is, pure blood.…

And she shall then continue. The uncleanness of seven days for a male, and fourteen days for a female, refers to the hemorrhage, as we wil…

And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three
and thirty days
That is, s…

After the laws concerning clean and unclean food, come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons. Man imparts his depraved nature to his offspr…