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Wycliffe Bible

Leviticus 22:5

and what euer vncleene thing, whos touchyng is foul,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Sanitation;   Uncleanness;   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;   Hilkiah;   Pharisees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   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;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Uncleanness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Atonement;   Defile;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ablution;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;
King James Version
Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
Lexham English Bible
or a man who touches any swarmer that is unclean for him or who touches a person who is unclean for him due to whatever his uncleanness,
New Century Version
from touching any unclean crawling animal, or from touching an unclean person (no matter what made the person unclean).
New English Translation
or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person's impurity—
Amplified Bible
or whoever touches any crawling thing by which he is made unclean, or any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever it may be,
New American Standard Bible
or a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whom he may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath,
Legacy Standard Bible
or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness,
Contemporary English Version
or if you have touched an unclean creature of any sort, including an unclean person.
Complete Jewish Bible
or who has touched a reptile or insect that can make him unclean, or a man who is unclean for any reason and who can transmit to him his uncleanness —
Darby Translation
or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,
Easy-to-Read Version
He can also become unclean if he touches any unclean crawling animal. And he can become unclean if he touches an unclean person. It doesn't matter what made that person unclean.
English Standard Version
and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be—
George Lamsa Translation
Or whoever touches any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has,
Good News Translation
or if he has touched an unclean animal or person.
Christian Standard Bible®
or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean—whatever his uncleanness—
Literal Translation
or a man who touches any swarming thing which is unclean to him, or touches a man who is unclean to him, by any of his uncleanness,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
or who so toucheth eny worme that is vncleane vnto him, or a ma yt is vncleane vnto him,
American Standard Version
or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
Bible in Basic English
Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or whosoeuer toucheth any creeping thyng, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, of whom he may take vncleannes, whatsoeuer vncleannes he hath:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
or whosoever toucheth any swarming thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
King James Version (1611)
Or whosoeuer toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man of whom hee may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
or whosoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or who shall touch a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:
English Revised Version
or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
Berean Standard Bible
or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be-
Young's Literal Translation
or a man who cometh against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness --
Update Bible Version
or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or man who is unclean to him, whatever uncleanness he has;
Webster's Bible Translation
Or whoever toucheth any creeping animal, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he hath:
World English Bible
or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;
New King James Version
or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be--
New Living Translation
or by touching a small animal that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason.
New Life Bible
or touches anything that is unclean that moves on the ground, or touches any man who makes him unclean, for whatever reason,
New Revised Standard
and whoever touches any swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or any human being by whom he may be made unclean—whatever his uncleanness may be—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
or a man who toucheth any creeping thing, which is unclean to him, - or toucheth any human being who hath uncleanness, to the extent of any thing that maketh him unclean,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that toucheth a creeping thing, or any unclean thing, the touching of which is defiling:
Revised Standard Version
and whoever touches a creeping thing by which he may be made unclean or a man from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be--
New American Standard Bible (1995)
or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron and to hise sones, 2 that thei be war of these thingis of the sones of Israel, whiche thingis ben halewid; and that they defoule not the name of thingis halewid to me, whiche thingis thei offren; Y am the Lord. 3 Seie thou to hem, and to the aftir comeris of hem, Ech man of youre kynrede, `which man neiyeth to tho thingis that ben halewid, and whiche thingis the sones of Israel offreden to the Lord, in `which man is vnclennesse, schal perische bifor the Lord; Y am the Lord. 4 A man of the seed of Aaron, `which man is leprouse, ethir suffrith `fletyng out of seed, schal not ete of these thingis, that ben halewid to me, til he be heelid. He that touchith an vncleene thing on a deed bodi, and fro whom the seed as of leccherie goith out, and which touchith a crepynge beeste, 5 and what euer vncleene thing, whos touchyng is foul, 6 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, 7 and the sunne hath go doun, thanne he schal be clensid, and schal ete halewid thingis, for it is his mete. 8 He schal not ete a thing deed bi it silf, and takun of a beeste, nethir he schal be defoulid in tho; Y am the Lord. 9 Thei schulen kepe myn heestis, that thei be not suget to synne, and die in the seyntuarye, whanne thei han defoulid it; Y am the Lord that halewe you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whosoever: Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:43, Leviticus 11:44

or a man: Leviticus 15:7, Leviticus 15:19

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:19
For he demyde, that God is myyti to reise hym, yhe, fro deth; wherfor he took hym also in to a parable.
Hebrews 12:1
Therfor we that han so greet a cloude of witnessis put to, do we awei al charge, and synne stondinge aboute vs, and bi pacience renne we to the batel purposid to vs,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean,.... Jarchi thinks this respects the measure or quantity of what is touched, as if but the quantity of a lentil or small pea, see Leviticus 11:31;

or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; as of a leper, a profluvious, or a dead man; Jarchi interprets it of the latter, and of the quantity which defiles, which is that of an olive; who also observes, that the phrase, "whatsoever uncleanness", includes touching a profluvious man or woman, a menstruous woman, and a new mother.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Creeping things - i. e. dead vermin. Compare Leviticus 11:29.


 
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