(A)No man of the [a]descendants of Aaron, who has [b]leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. (B)And one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or (C)a man who has a seminal emission, or (D)a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; a [c]person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his [d]body in water.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:4 Lit seed
  2. Leviticus 22:4 I.e., leprosy or another serious skin disease
  3. Leviticus 22:6 Lit soul
  4. Leviticus 22:6 Lit flesh

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

22 (A)Furthermore, anything that the unclean person touches will be unclean; and the person who touches it will 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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