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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

Context of Leviticus 22:6

4None 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, 5and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— 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. 7When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food. 8He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• which hath touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• any such shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• and shall not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the holy thingsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• unless[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• he washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:6

• Leviticus 11:24"And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
• Leviticus 15:5And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
• Leviticus 16:24And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place and put on his garments and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
• Numbers 19:7Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening.
• Haggai 2:13Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean."
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you. 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 true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil 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