Leviticus 22:6
in Leviticus 22the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
KJV
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,.... Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see Lev 11:31, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; yea, when the evening is come, he may not eat of the heave or wave offerings, until he has dipped himself all over in water; nor should any eat of the Lord's supper under the New Testament, but such as are first baptized in water.
This 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". The remedy is water and sunset, and verse 7 gives the reason for his quick return, "for they are his food".
This site's exposition
will remain unclean until evening
The remedy has two parts, a bath and the passing of the day. John Gill reports that the Targum of Jonathan, an Aramaic paraphrase of the Law, sets the bath at forty seahs of water. Evening restores him only after the washing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But whoever was thus defiled might not eat of the holy things, under pain of God's highest displeasure, who said, and ratified the saying, That soul shall be cut off from my presence,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The soul - Rather, the person. Compare the use of the word “body” in the Prayer Book version of Psa 53:1, and in the compounds “somebody, nobody”.
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.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶ֚פֶשׁ | nefesh | anyone | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּגַּע־ | tiga'- | it will touch | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בּ֔וֹ | bo | <in> <the> it | ||
| וְטָמְאָ֖ה | vetameah | and it will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הָעָ֑רֶב | haarev | the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹאכַל֙ | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִן־ | min- | any of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| רָחַ֥ץ | rachatz | he has washed | H7364 → | 72 times |
| בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | besaro | body his | H1320 → | 270 times |
| בַּמָּֽיִם׃ | bamayim | with <the> water | H4325 → | 581 times |
נֶ֚פֶשׁanyone
nefeshH5315 →754 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּגַּע־it will touch
tiga'-H5060 →150 times
בּ֔וֹ<in> <the> it
bo
וְטָמְאָ֖הand it will be unclean
vetameahH2930 →162 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הָעָ֑רֶבthe evening
haarevH6153 →134 times
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יֹאכַל֙he will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
מִן־any of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
כִּ֛יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
רָחַ֥ץhe has washed
rachatzH7364 →72 times
בְּשָׂר֖וֹbody his
besaroH1320 →270 times
בַּמָּֽיִם׃with <the> water
bamayimH4325 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- 1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- Ezekiel 36:25
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.