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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 17:16

But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear his iniquity.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Defilement;   Thompson Chain Reference - Guiltiness;   Innocence-Guilt;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Purifications or Baptisms;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Proselyte;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Evil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Foreigner;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Iniquity;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baths, Bathing;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"
King James Version
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
Lexham English Bible
But if he does not wash his garments and he does not wash his body, then he shall bear his guilt."
New Century Version
If he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, he will be guilty of sin.'"
New English Translation
But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.'"
Amplified Bible
"But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, he shall bear his guilt [for it will not be borne by the sacrifice of atonement]."
New American Standard Bible
"But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, then he shall bear the responsibility for his guilt."
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if he wash them not, nor wash his flesh, then he shall beare his iniquitie.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."
Contemporary English Version
If you don't take a bath, you will suffer for what you did wrong.
Complete Jewish Bible
But if he doesn't wash them or bathe his body, he will bear the consequences of his wrongdoing."
Darby Translation
And if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you don't wash your clothes and bathe your whole body, you will be responsible for your guilt."
English Standard Version
But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity."
George Lamsa Translation
But if he does not wash them nor bathe his body, then he shall suffer for his iniquity.
Good News Translation
If they do not, they must suffer the consequences.
Christian Standard Bible®
But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity.”
Literal Translation
And if he does not wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf he wash not his clothes, nor bathe him self, then shal he beare his synne.
American Standard Version
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Bible in Basic English
But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If he washe them not, nor bathe his fleshe, he shall beare his sinne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
King James Version (1611)
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shal beare his iniquity.
English Revised Version
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Berean Standard Bible
But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ether his bodi, he schal bere his wickidnesse.
Young's Literal Translation
and if he wash not, and his flesh bathe not -- then he hath borne his iniquity.'
Update Bible Version
But if he doesn't wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Webster's Bible Translation
But if he doth not wash [them], nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
World English Bible
But if he doesn't wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
New King James Version
But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."
New Living Translation
But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin."
New Life Bible
But if he does not wash them or wash his body, he will suffer for his own sin."
New Revised Standard
But if they do not wash themselves or bathe their body, they shall bear their guilt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if he wash them not, and his flesh, he do not bathe, then shall he bear his iniquity.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.
Revised Standard Version
But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."

Contextual Overview

10 And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people. 11 For the life of flesh is its blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for its blood shall make atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, and the stranger that abides among you shall not eat blood. 13 And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust. 14 For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: every one that eats it shall be destroyed. 15 And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear his iniquity.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 20:17, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 20:20, Numbers 19:19, Numbers 19:20, Isaiah 53:11, John 13:8, Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 2:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Exodus 22:31 - neither Leviticus 11:24 - General Leviticus 11:40 - eateth Leviticus 15:27 - General John 13:10 - He Hebrews 9:10 - divers

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 17:6
And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:10
And this is the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.
Genesis 17:26
And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he wash [them] not,.... Neither wash his clothes: nor bathe his flesh; if he is negligent, and does not take care to make use of these ablutions:

then he shall bear his iniquity; his guilt shall remain on him, and he shall suffer the punishment the law exposes him to, either by the hand of God, or the civil magistrate, which is due to persons that enter into the sanctuary in their uncleanness, or eat of holy things. For not washing his body the punishment was cutting off, and for not washing his garments, beating, as Jarchi says.


 
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