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Geneva Bible

Leviticus 17:16

But if he wash them not, nor wash his flesh, then he shall beare his iniquitie.

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."
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear 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 Likewise whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among them, that eateth any blood, I will euen set my face against that person that eateth blood, & will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you to offer vpon the altar, to make an atonemet for your soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule. 12 Therefore I saide vnto ye children of Israel, None of you shall eate blood: neither the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eate blood. 13 Moreouer whosoeuer he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among the, which by hunting taketh any beast or foule that may be eaten, he shal powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust: 14 For ye life of all flesh is his blood, it is ioyned with his life: therefore I sayd vnto the children of Israel, Ye shall eate the blood of no flesh: for the life of al flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off. 15 And euery person that eateth it which dyeth alone, or that which is torne with beastes, whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and be vncleane vnto the euen: after he shalbe cleane. 16 But if he wash them not, nor wash his flesh, then he shall beare his iniquitie.

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, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
Genesis 17:6
Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.
Genesis 17:10
This is my couenant which ye shall keepe betweene me & you, & thy seede after thee, Let euery man childe among you be circumcised:
Genesis 17:14
But the vncircumcised man childe, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, euen that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my couenant.
Genesis 17:26
The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne:
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
Genesis 35:11
Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
Isaiah 49:23
And Kings shalbe thy nourcing fathers, and Queenes shalbe thy nources: they shall worship thee with their faces towarde the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete: and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
Romans 9:9
For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

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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