Or if he touches (A)human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

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or if they touch human uncleanness(A) (anything that would make them unclean)(B) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt;

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And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge—whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.

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Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:

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Say to them: ‘Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the Lord, (A)while he has [a]uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.

‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a (B)leper or has (C)a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings (D)until he is clean. And (E)whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or (F)a man who has had an emission of semen, or (G)whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or (H)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 (I)washes his body with water. And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because (J)it is his food.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:3 defilement

“Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord,(A) that person must be cut off from my presence.(B) I am the Lord.

“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease[a] or a bodily discharge,(C) he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse(D) or by anyone who has an emission of semen, or if he touches any crawling thing(E) that makes him unclean, or any person(F) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. The one who touches any such thing will be unclean(G) till evening.(H) He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.(I) When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.(J)

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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.

13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and (A)does not purify himself, (B)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because (C)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; (D)his uncleanness is still on him.

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13 If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,(A) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.(B) They must be cut off from Israel.(C) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;(D) their uncleanness remains on them.

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28 But (A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(A) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

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