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;

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“‘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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Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

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or if he touches any crawling thing(A) that makes him unclean, or any person(B) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

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or (A)whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or (B)any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be—

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