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or a man who touches any swarmer that is unclean for him or who touches a person who is unclean for him due to[a] whatever his uncleanness, a person who touches such a thing[b] shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the votive offerings, except[c] when he washes[d] his body with water and the sun sets,[e] and he shall be clean; then[f] afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it is his food.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:5 Literally “for”
  2. Leviticus 22:6 Hebrew “him” or “it”
  3. Leviticus 22:6 Or “but if” or “but rather”
  4. Leviticus 22:6 Or “bathes”
  5. Leviticus 22:7 Literally “the sun goes” or “the sun enters”
  6. Leviticus 22:7 Or “and”

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;

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.

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

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