“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease[a] or a bodily discharge,(A) he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse(B) or by anyone who has an emission of semen,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:4 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a (A)leper or has (B)a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings (C)until he is clean. And (D)whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or (E)a man who has had an emission of semen,

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