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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 22:6

Once you are unclean, you must take a bath, but you still cannot eat any of the sacred food until evening.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Sanitation;   Uncleanness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cleansing;   Defilement-Cleansing;   Water;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Defilement;   Priests;   Purifications or Baptisms;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Bath (1);   Pharisees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preparation ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bath, Bathing;   Law of Moses;   Uncleanness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Defile;   Talmud;   Water;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Johanan ben Meriya;   Samuel;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the soul that touches any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
a person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the votive offerings, except when he washes his body with water
New Century Version
Anyone who touches those things will become unclean until evening. That person must not eat the holy offerings unless he washes with water.
New English Translation
the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.
Amplified Bible
the person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
New American Standard Bible
a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water.
Legacy Standard Bible
a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.
Complete Jewish Bible
the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and is not to eat the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.
Darby Translation
—a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,
Easy-to-Read Version
If he touches any of these things, he will become unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy food. Even if he washes with water, he cannot eat the holy food.
English Standard Version
the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
George Lamsa Translation
Any person who touches him shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
Good News Translation
Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening, and even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has taken a bath.
Christian Standard Bible®
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.
Literal Translation
the person who touches it shall even be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, but shall bathe his flesh with water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& what so euer defyleth hi, loke what soule toucheth eny soch, is vncleane vntyll the euen, & shall not eate of the holy thinges, but shall first bath his flesh with water.
American Standard Version
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Bible in Basic English
Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The same soule that hath touched any suche, shalbe vncleane vntyll euen, and shall not eate of the holy thynges, vntyll he haue washed his fleshe with water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
King James Version (1611)
The soule which hath touched any such, shalbe vncleane vntill Euen, and shall not eate of the holy things, vnlesse he wash his flesh with water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
English Revised Version
the soul which toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Berean Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
schal be vncleene `til to euentid, and he schal not ete these thingis, that ben halewid to me; but whanne he hath waische his fleisch in watir,
Young's Literal Translation
the person who cometh against it -- hath even been unclean till the evening, and doth not eat of the holy things, but hath bathed his flesh with water,
Update Bible Version
the soul that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Webster's Bible Translation
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he shall wash his flesh with water.
World English Bible
the soul that touches any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
New King James Version
the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water.
New Living Translation
The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.
New Life Bible
the man who touches any such thing will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy gifts unless he has washed his body in water.
New Revised Standard
the person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the sacred donations unless he has washed his body in water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
any person who toucheth any such, shall then be unclean until the evening, - and shall not eat of the hallowed things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified. But when he hath washed his flesh with water,
Revised Standard Version
the person who touches any such shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord told Moses 2 to say to Aaron and his sons: I am the Lord God, and I demand that you honor my holy name by showing proper respect for the offerings brought to me by the people of Israel. 3 If any of you are unclean when you accept an offering for me, I will no longer let you serve as a priest. 4 None of you may take part in the sacred meals while you have a skin disease or an infected penis, or after you have been near a dead body or have had a flow of semen, 5 or if you have touched an unclean creature of any sort, including an unclean person. 6Once you are unclean, you must take a bath, but you still cannot eat any of the sacred food until evening. 8 I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean. 9 Obey me, or you will die on duty for disgracing the place of worship. Remember—I am the Lord , the one who makes a priest holy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 16:24-28, Numbers 19:7-10, Haggai 2:13, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Hebrews 10:22

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:46 - shall be unclean Deuteronomy 23:11 - wash himself Hebrews 9:10 - divers

Cross-References

Isaiah 53:6
All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the Lord gave him the punishment we deserved.
Matthew 8:17
So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, "He healed our diseases and made us well."
John 19:17
and he carried his cross to a place known as "The Skull." In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha."
1 Peter 2:24
Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,.... Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see Leviticus 11:31;

and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; yea, when the evening is come, he may not eat of the heave or wave offerings, until he has dipped himself all over in water; nor should any eat of the Lord's supper under the New Testament, but such as are first baptized in water.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The soul - Rather, the person. Compare the use of the word “body” in the Prayer Book version of Psalms 53:1, and in the compounds “somebody, nobody”.


 
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