Leviticus 22:6
New International Version
The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

New Living Translation
The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

English Standard Version
the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.

Berean Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water.

New American Standard Bible
a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

NASB 1995
a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

NASB 1977
a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts, unless he has bathed his body in water.

Legacy Standard Bible
a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

Amplified Bible
the person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.

Christian Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

American Standard Version
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The soul that will touch him will be defiled until evening; he will not eat from the holy unless he washes his flesh in water.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,

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

English Revised Version
the soul which toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy offerings unless he has washed himself.

Good News Translation
Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening, and even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has taken a bath.

International Standard Version
such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water.

JPS Tanakh 1917
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

Literal Standard Version
the person who comes against it has even been unclean until the evening, and does not eat of the holy things, but has bathed his flesh with water,

Majority Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

New American Bible
the one who touches such as these shall be unclean until evening and may not eat of the sacred portions until he has first bathed his body in water.

NET Bible
the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.

New Revised Standard Version
the person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the sacred donations unless he has washed his body in water.

New Heart English Bible
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.

Webster's Bible Translation
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he shall wash his flesh with water.

World English Bible
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

Young's Literal Translation
the person who cometh against it -- hath even been unclean till the evening, and doth not eat of the holy things, but hath bathed his flesh with water,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Restrictions Against the Unclean
5or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— 6the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. 7When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.…

Cross References
Leviticus 22:5
or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be--

Leviticus 22:7
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

Numbers 19:7
Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:22
Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening."


Treasury of Scripture

The soul which has touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Leviticus 11:24,25
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even…

Leviticus 15:5
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 16:24-28
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people…

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Leviticus 22
1. The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6. How they shall be cleansed
10. Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17. The sacrifices must be without blemish
26. The age of the sacrifice
29. The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving














(6) The soul which hath touched.--Better, the man who hath, that is, the priest for whom these laws are here enacted. Hence the ancient Chaldee version renders it "the man a priest."

Shall be unclean until even.--When the day ends and another begins (see Leviticus 11:24-32), and when he had to immerse his body in water.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
the man
נֶ֚פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

touches
תִּגַּע־ (tig·ga‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

any of these will remain unclean
וְטָמְאָ֖ה (wə·ṭā·mə·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

evening.
הָעָ֑רֶב (hā·‘ā·reḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

He must not
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eat
יֹאכַל֙ (yō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the sacred offerings
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

unless
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he has bathed
רָחַ֥ץ (rā·ḥaṣ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

himself
בְּשָׂר֖וֹ (bə·śā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

with water.
בַּמָּֽיִם׃ (bam·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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