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

4No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission, 5or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water. 7But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food. 8He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming 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

• personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• any such shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• and shall not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• unlessכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• unless[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• he has bathedרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:6

• Leviticus 11:24‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
• Leviticus 15:5Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;
• Leviticus 16:24He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
• Numbers 19:7The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.
• Haggai 2:13Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having 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