Leviticus 5:3

Leviticus 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
• New International Version (NIV)or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt;
• English Standard Version (ESV)or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or if he touches human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

Context of Leviticus 5:3

1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity. 2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty. 4Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter. 5If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

Leviticus 5:3 word by word

א֣וֹ כִ֤י יִגַּע֙ בְּטֻמְאַ֣ת אָדָ֔ם לְכֹל֙ טֻמְאָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִטְמָ֖א בָּ֑הּ וְנֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְה֥וּא יָדַ֖ע וְאָשֵֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• Orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• humanאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• uncleannessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• anythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• by whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• one becomes uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• even if he is unawareעָלַם‛âlam · to concealH5956
• of itמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• when heהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• realizes itיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• he is guiltyאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816

Cross-references for Leviticus 5:3

• Leviticus 12:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
• Leviticus 15:1And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
• Leviticus 22:4If 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,
• Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Commentaries on Leviticus 5:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-13Verses 1-13 Special occasions are mentioned on which sin-offerings are to be made with a particular confession of the offence for which atonement is sought Leviticus 5:5. Leviticus 5:1 Swearing - Adjuration. The case appears to be that of one who has been put upon his oath as a witness by a magistrate, and fails to utter all he has seen and heard (compare the marginal references. and Proverbs 29:24; Numbers 5:21). Leviticus 5:2-3 Hid from him - Either…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Any bodily discharge, including blood, made a person temporarily unclean (chapters Leviticus 11–15). Being ceremonially unclean was not the same as sin. But if someone ignored their unclean state and did not take the required steps, that became sin because it allowed the impurity to spread. Once a person realized they were unclean, they were guilty if they ignored it.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 5:3

• Defilement
• Sanitation
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Harm
• Sinoffering
• Thereunto
• Criticism
• Defile; Defilement
• Exodus, the Book of
• Filth; Filthiness; Filthy
• Genesis
• Guilt
• Heifer, Red

Commentaries on Leviticus 5

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings