1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II 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:

Leviticus 15:18.

Purified. Literally, "sanctified." Hebrew and Septuagint, "for she was, " etc. (Haydock) --- Hoc ideo additum ne miraremur illico eam concepisse. (Grotius; Aristotle, Anim. 7:20. --- Women were obliged to bathe after such actions, Leviticus 15:18.