Leviticus 22:4
in Leviticus 22If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
KJV
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge
on Leviticus 22:4-9
A priest with a skin disease or a discharge "may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean", so the bar ends with the condition. The remedy is water and sunset, and verse 7 gives the reason for his quick return, "for they are his food". Verse 8 lays on him the rule 17:15 lays on every Israelite, and verse 9 ends "I am the LORD who sanctifies them".
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper,....
These separated the people from the sanctuary, and God would show that they were so far from being more excusable that really they were more abominable in a priest. Others were more transient, as the touching of a dead body, or any thing else that was unclean, from which, after a certain time, a man was cleansed by bathing his flesh in water,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Not a single case is recorded of a leper being restored to communion by the use of water; it served only as an outward and visible sign that such a restoration was to be made.
Is a leper, or hath a running issue - See the case of the leper treated at large in the notes on Leviticus 13 (note) and Leviticus 14 (note); and for other uncleannesses, see the notes on Leviticus 15 (note).
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אִ֞ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִזֶּ֣רַע | mizera' | from [the] offspring of | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֗ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְה֤וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| צָר֙וּעַ֙ | tzarua' | [is] having a serious skin disease | H6879 → | 20 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| זָ֔ב | zav | [is] discharging | H2100 → | 42 times |
| בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙ | bakodashim | in the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹאכַ֔ל | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִטְהָ֑ר | yithar | he will be pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
| וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ | vehanogea' | and who [-ever] touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | <in> any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טְמֵא־ | teme'- | [thing] unclean of | H2931 → | 88 times |
| נֶ֔פֶשׁ | nefesh | a corpse | H5315 → | 754 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אִ֔ישׁ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תֵּצֵ֥א | tetze' | it will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mimenu | from him | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| שִׁכְבַת־ | shikhvat- | a laying of | H7902 → | 9 times |
| זָֽרַע׃ | zara' | seed | H2233 → | 229 times |
אִ֣ישׁa man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אִ֞ישׁa man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִזֶּ֣רַעfrom [the] offspring of
mizera'H2233 →229 times
אַהֲרֹ֗ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְה֤וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
צָר֙וּעַ֙[is] having a serious skin disease
tzarua'H6879 →20 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
זָ֔ב[is] discharging
zavH2100 →42 times
בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙in the holy things
bakodashimH6944 →469 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֹאכַ֔לhe will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִטְהָ֑רhe will be pure
yitharH2891 →94 times
וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙and who [-ever] touches
vehanogea'H5060 →150 times
בְּכָל־<in> any
bekholH3605 →5413 times
טְמֵא־[thing] unclean of
teme'-H2931 →88 times
נֶ֔פֶשׁa corpse
nefeshH5315 →754 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אִ֔ישׁanyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תֵּצֵ֥אit will go out
tetze'H3318 →1067 times
מִמֶּ֖נּוּfrom him
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
שִׁכְבַת־a laying of
shikhvat-H7902 →9 times
זָֽרַע׃seed
zara'H2233 →229 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:5
Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
- Leviticus 2:13
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to…
- Numbers 18:11
And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent…
- 2 Chronicles 13:5
Through
Leviticus 11:39If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
it leads to
- Leviticus 15:7
Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:24
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- Leviticus 11:28
and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
- Numbers 19:11
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Leviticus 11:31
These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.