Leviticus 22:6

Leviticus 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
• New International Version (NIV)The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water.

Context of Leviticus 22:6

4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, 5or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. 7When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. 8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 22:6 word by word

נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• the manנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• will remain uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• He must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the sacred offeringsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• unlessכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• unless[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• he has bathedרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• himselfבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:6

• Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
• Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 16:24He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.
• Numbers 19:7Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
• Haggai 2:13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The soul - Rather, the person. Compare the use of the word “body” in the Prayer Book version of Psalm 53:1, and in the compounds “somebody, nobody”.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6They considered the priest's portions of the sacred offerings "most holy" (see Leviticus 2:3). He had to avoid contact with anything ceremonially unclean (11:1–15:33). So, any descendant of Aaron who was unclean could not eat this food.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. wash his flesh with water--Any Israelite who had contracted a defilement of such a nature as debarred him from the enjoyment of his wonted privileges, and had been legally cleansed from the disqualifying impurity, was bound to indicate his state of recovery by the immersion of his whole person in water. Although all ceremonial impurity formed a ground of exclusion, there were degrees of impurity which entailed a longer or shorter period of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 22:6

• Defilement
• Sanitation
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Defile
• Ablution
• Atonement
• Criticism
• Defile; Defilement
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Leviticus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings