‘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, or (F)whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or (G)any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be— the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he (H)washes his body with water.

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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, or if he touches any crawling thing(C) that makes him unclean, or any person(D) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. The one who touches any such thing will be unclean(E) till evening.(F) He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.(G)

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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.

11 (A)‘He who touches the dead [a]body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit. soul of man

11 “Whoever touches a human corpse(A) will be unclean for seven days.(B)

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22 (A)Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and (B)the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”

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22 Anything that an unclean(A) person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

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