Leviticus 17:16
in Leviticus 17But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
KJV
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
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This verse in Leviticus 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut 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.
This site's exposition
who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts
on Leviticus 17:15-16
The chapter closes with its lightest penalty. An animal found dead or mauled still holds its blood, so eating it means washing, bathing, and uncleanness until evening.
This site's exposition
he shall bear his iniquity
Matthew Henry separates two kinds of fault. The uncleanness from the carcass was ceremonial, and refusing the prescribed washing became moral guilt. John Gill reports the reading of Jarchi, cutting off for an unwashed body and a beating for unwashed clothes.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The pollution was ceremonial, so was the purification from it; but if a man slighted the prescribed method of cleansing, or would not submit, he thereby contracted moral guilt.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם֙ | veim | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְכַבֵּ֔ס | yekhabes | he will wash | H3526 → | 51 times |
| וּבְשָׂר֖וֹ | uvesaro | and body his | H1320 → | 270 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִרְחָ֑ץ | yirchatz | he will wash | H7364 → | 72 times |
| וְנָשָׂ֖א | venasa' | and he will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| עֲוֹנֽוֹ׃ פ | avono | iniquity his | H5771 → | 233 times |
וְאִם֙and if
veimH518 →1069 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְכַבֵּ֔סhe will wash
yekhabesH3526 →51 times
וּבְשָׂר֖וֹand body his
uvesaroH1320 →270 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִרְחָ֑ץhe will wash
yirchatzH7364 →72 times
וְנָשָׂ֖אand he will bear
venasa'H5375 →656 times
עֲוֹנֽוֹ׃ פiniquity his
avonoH5771 →233 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
1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- Romans 6:11
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…
- 1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Through
Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
it leads to
- Romans 5:18–19
So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Romans 5:18–19
Through
Leviticus 5:1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:17
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- Leviticus 5:17
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on 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.