Leviticus 22:6

any person who toucheth any such, shall then be unclean until the evening,—and shall not eat of the hallowed things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 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,

7When the sun tooth in, then is he clean,—and thereafter, he may eat of the hallowed things, for, his food, it is.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:25and whosoever beareth away aught of the carcase of them, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:28And, he that beareth away the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening,—unclean, they are unto you.

Leviticus 11:32and, everything whereon any of them shall fall when they are dead shall be unclean—of any articles of wood, or cloth, or skin, or sackcloth, any article wherewith any work is done,—shall be put in water and shall be unclean until the evening, and then be clean,

Leviticus 11:40And, he that eateth of the carcase of it, shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening,—he also that carrieth away the carcase thereof shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 16:24and shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his [other] garments,—and go forth, and offer his own ascending-sacrifice, and the ascending-sacrifice of the people, so shall he put a propitiatory-covering about himself, and about the people;

Haggai 2:13Then said Haggai, If one who is defiled for a dead person touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled.

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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