Leviticus 22:5

And he that toucheth a creeping thing, or any unclean thing, the touching of which is defiling,

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead, and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation,

6Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:43Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,

Leviticus 15:19The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated 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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