monthly period also proves that David, and not her husband, is the father of the child (verse 5). It is enclosed in parentheses by RSV and TEV to show that it is an interruption in the story to give necessary information to the reader. REB translates “though she was still purifying herself after her period.” In light of Lev 15:19–30 this may be more accurate, since it is difficult to see how Bathsheba could have completed all the requirements for her complete purification between the time she was