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righteous man'. 5. It is not proper for her to put a bare foot on the ground. 6. It is not proper for her to eat any food with a bare hand; it is not proper for her to eat bread when satisfied. 7. It is not proper for two menstruous women to eat together; it is not proper for them to sleep so 3.
8. And so long as three days have not elapsed it is not proper to wash the hands, and three days after that, if she has perceived herself clean, it is requisite to remain another day, and so until the lapse of nine days, when, if she has perceived herself clean, it is not necessary to remain to the end of 5 another interval of time. 9. If menstruation occurs for twenty-nine days, it is necessary to consider that she is menstruous a second time, and during three other days it is not proper to wash again, and it is necessary to exercise care, just like that which? I first wrote about.
10. If she be doubtful whether menstruation is come to her, it is requisite for her to strip off her dress, and then to take notice if she has become menstruous, or if the dress that is stripped off be clean. 11. If she has an infant to feed with her milk,
1 § 4 in B29 is as follows :— It is not proper for her to take a look at the sun, or at a righteous man.'
? La, B29 have sêr, but Lp has sîr, 'milk,' which is also the reading taken by the Gugarâti translator who must have understood the clause as follows:- It is not proper for her so to eat bread and milk.'
8 B29 adds and it is not desirable for their limbs to touch each other.'
+ B29 has head.' 6 B29 has it is requisite to remain for.' . La omits these ten words, as well as a second time' further on. 7 B29 has merely the care which.'
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