Leviticus 22:4

Leviticus 22:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,
• English Standard Version (ESV)None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,

Context of Leviticus 22:4

2‘Israel's people give gifts to God. Those gifts are holy. Tell Aaron and his sons that those things are holy. Tell them that they must remember that. They must give honour to my name. I am the Lord. 3One of your sons may not be clean. That son must not come near the Lord's holy offerings. But perhaps he may not obey my rule. He might go near to the holy gifts. The priests who are clean must punish him. They must send him away. He must go from God's house. I am the Lord. This rule is for now and for all time. If a son of Aaron has a skin disease, he must not eat the holy gifts. If pus is coming from his body, he is not clean. He must not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. He might touch something that has touched a dead body. Or if he touches an unclean man, he will become unclean. The man may be unclean because semen is coming from his body. 5Aaron's son might touch an animal that moves on its stomach. Or he might touch a person who is not clean. If he does, Aaron's son will be unclean. 6The son of Aaron who touches any of these things will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy gifts until he washes his body.

Leviticus 22:4 word by word

אִ֣ישׁ אִ֞ישׁ מִזֶּ֣רַע אַהֲרֹ֗ן וְה֤וּא צָר֙וּעַ֙ א֣וֹ זָ֔ב בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙ לֹ֣א יֹאכַ֔ל עַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְהָ֑ר וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכָל־טְמֵא־נֶ֔פֶשׁ א֣וֹ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• What man soeverאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• of Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• a leperצָרַעtsâra‛ · be leprousH6879
• or hath a running issueזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• he shall not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the holy thingsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• until he be cleanטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• And whoso touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• the deadנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: deadH5315
• whose seedשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• whose seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• goethיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:4

• Leviticus 13:2‘A person may have a kind of mark on his skin that might be a disease. He might give the disease to other people. If he has a mark like that, you must bring him to the priest.
• Leviticus 15:2‘Say to Israel's people, “If pus is coming out of a man's body, he is unclean.”
• Leviticus 2:3The flour that he did not burn is for the priests. It is very holy. That is because it is part of an offering to the Lord.
• Leviticus 6:25‘Tell Aaron and his sons this rule. When a person does wrong things he must give an animal to the Lord. The animal will be holy. The person must kill the animal at the north side of the altar. That is where they kill the offerings for sin.
• Leviticus 21:22He can eat God's holy food and God's most holy food.
• Numbers 18:9I am giving to you the parts that do not burn on the altar. A part of all these gifts will belong to you: grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings. These are holy gifts and they belong to you and to your sons.
• Leviticus 14:2‘These rules are for a person who has had a disease on his skin. They are rules about how to make him clean. When the disease leaves the person, you must bring him to the priest.
• Leviticus 15:13The pus may stop coming out of a person. When it does, he must count seven days. He must wash his clothes and his body with fresh water. Then the man will be clean.
• Leviticus 21:1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say this to the priests. They must not touch a dead body. That would make them unclean.
• Numbers 19:11Any person who touches a dead body will not be clean for seven days.
• Leviticus 15:16When semen comes out of a man, he must wash his body. He will be unclean until evening.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Is a leper, or hath a running issue - See the case of the leper treated at large in the notes on Leviticus 13 (note) and Leviticus 14 (note); and for other uncleannesses, see the notes on Leviticus 15 (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4See Leviticus 15:13-16.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 22:4

• Defilement
• Disease
• Leprosy
• Sanitation
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Defile
• Ablution
• Atonement
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Death
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Kidneys

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