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New Living Translation

Leviticus 17:16

But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin."

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.
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 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 if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people, 11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord . It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. 12 That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.' 13 "And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth. 14 The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.' So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community. 15 "And if any native-born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but then they will be clean. 16 But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin."

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
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
Genesis 17:10
This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."
Genesis 17:26
Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,
Genesis 24:60
They gave her this blessing as she parted: "Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies."
Genesis 35:11
Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
Isaiah 49:23
Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord . Those who trust in me will never be put to shame."
Romans 9:9
For God had promised, "I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

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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