Leviticus 22:4

No man soever of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or hath a flux, shall eat of the holy things, until he be clean,—And as for him who toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto them—Unto your generations, as touching any man who cometh near from among any of your seed, unto the hallowed things which the sons of Israel may hallow unto Yahweh, while his uncleanness is upon him, then shall that person be cut off from before me—I, am Yahweh.

5or a man who toucheth any creeping thing, which is unclean to him,—or [toucheth] any human being who hath uncleanness, to the extent of any thing that maketh him unclean,

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:3But, the remainder of the meal-offering, pertaineth unto Aaron and unto his sons,—most holy, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh.

Leviticus 6:25Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, This, is the law of the sin-bearer. In the place where the ascending-sacrifice is slain, shall the sin-bearer be slain, before Yahweh, most holy, it is.

Leviticus 11:39And, when any of the beasts which are yours for food shall die, he that toucheth the carcase of it shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 13:44a leprous man, is he, unclean, he is,—unclean, shall the priest pronounce him in his head, is his plague.

Leviticus 14:2This, shall be the law of the leper, in the day when he is declared clean,—he shall be brought in unto the priest;

Leviticus 15:13And when he that hath the flux becometh clean from his flux, then shall he number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes,—and bathe his flesh in living water, and be 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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