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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Leviticus 17:16

But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shal beare 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.
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 And whatsoeuer man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among you, that eateth any maner of blood, I will euen set my face against that soule that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it to you vpon the Altar, to make an atonement for your soules: for it is the blood, that maketh an atonement for the soule. 12 Therefore I said vnto the children of Israel, No soule of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that soiourneth among you, eat blood. 13 And whatsoeuer man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eaten, he shall euen powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said vnto the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of no maner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off. 15 And euery soule that eateth that which died of it selfe, or that which was torne with beasts, whether it bee one of your owne countrey, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill the Euen: then shall he be cleane. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shal beare 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, and God said vnto them, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that mooueth vpon the earth.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and I will make nations of thee, and Kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:10
This is my couenant, which yee shall keepe betweene me and you, and thy seed after thee: euery man child among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant.
Genesis 17:26
In the selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them.
Genesis 35:11
And God saide vnto him, I am God Almightie: be fruitfull and multiply: a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queenes thy nursing mothers: they shall bow downe to thee with their face toward the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
Romans 9:9
For this is the word of promise, At this time will 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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