Leviticus 22:5

and whoever has touched a creeping thing, or any kind of unclean thing, the touching of which is filthy,

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In The King James Version

Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

In Context

4The man of the offspring of Aaron, who is a leper or who is suffering a flow of seed, shall not eat of those things which have been sanctified to me, until he is healed. Whoever will have touched what is unclean because of the dead, and he whose seed goes out from him, as if from sexual intercourse,

6shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat those things which have been sanctified. But when he has washed his flesh with water,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:43Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.

Leviticus 15:19The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:2-10

Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord . 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off… Read the whole commentary →

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