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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 if he touches any crawling thing(A) that makes him unclean, or any person(B) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. The one who touches any such thing will be unclean(C) till evening.(D) He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.(E) When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.(F)

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