Leviticus 22:6

The man who toucheth him shall be unclean until the evening, and may not eat of things consecrated unless he wash his flesh with water.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Or a man who toucheth any reptile that maketh him unclean, or a man who maketh him unclean by any of his uncleanness,

7But when the sun hath gone down, and he shall have purified himself, he may afterward eat of the hallowed things, for it is his food.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:25And whosoever carrieth a carcase of them, shall was his clothes and be unclean until the evening;

Leviticus 11:28And whoever carrieth their carcase shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; to you they are unclean.

Leviticus 11:32And upon whatever any of them may fall in their dead state it shall be unclean; whether a vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, everything whatever in which work is done, must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and must be purified.

Leviticus 11:40And he who eateth of its carcase shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And he who may carry its carcase shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 16:24And he shall wash his flesh with water in the Holy Place, and put on his garments, and come forth to offer his burnt sacrifice, and the burnt sacrifice of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

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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