Leviticus 22:4

Any man of the seed of Aaron, and he is leprous or has discharging—he does not eat of the holy things until he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed [from] intercourse goes out from him,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

3Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man who draws near, out of all your seed, to the holy things which the sons of Israel sanctify to YHWH, and his uncleanness [is] on him—indeed, that person has been cut off from before My face; I [am] YHWH.

5or a man who comes against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness—

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:3and the remnant of the present [is] for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire-offerings of YHWH.

Leviticus 6:25“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This [is] a law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is slaughtered, the sin-offering is slaughtered before YHWH; it [is] most holy.

Leviticus 11:39And when any of the beasts which are for food for you dies, he who is coming against its carcass is unclean until the evening;

Leviticus 13:44he [is] a leprous man—he [is] unclean; the priest pronounces him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head.

Leviticus 14:2“This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he has been brought to the priest,

Leviticus 15:13And when he who has the discharging is clean from his discharge, then he has numbered seven days for himself for his cleansing, and has washed his garments, and has bathed his flesh with running water, and been clean.

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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