Leviticus 22:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever of the descendants of Aaron is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of seed;

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a per, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be can. And whoso toucheth any thing that is uncan by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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;

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a runnynge sore shall eate of the halowed thinges vntill he be cleane. And whosoeuer twytcheth any vncleane soule or man whose seed runneth fro him by nyghte,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Who so euer of the sede of Aaron is a leper, or hath a runnynge yssue, shall not eate of the holy thinges, tyll he be clensed. Who so toucheth eny vncleane thinge, or whose sede departeth from him by night,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Whosoeuer also of the seede of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shall not eate of the holy things vntill he be cleane: and who so toucheth any that is vncleane, by reason of the dead, or a man whose issue of seede runneth from him,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    What man soeuer of the seede of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shall not eate of the holy thinges, vntyll he be cleane: And who so toucheth any man that is vncleane by reason of a dead body, or a man whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue -- of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    No man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body, may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 11:39 : 39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 15:2-3 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
  • Lev 15:13-16 : 13 And when he that has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them to the priest: 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge. 16 And if any man's seed of emission goes out from him, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 21:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:
  • Lev 21:22 : 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
  • Num 18:9 : 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
  • Num 18:19 : 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.
  • Num 19:11-16 : 11 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whoever touches the dead body of any man who is dead, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him. 14 This is the law when a man dies in a tent: all who come into the tent, and all who are in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean. 16 And whoever touches someone who is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
  • Lev 13:2-3 : 2 When a man has in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. 3 And the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the flesh, and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the plague appears deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy, and the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean.
  • Lev 13:44-46 : 44 he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head. 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.' 46 All the days that the plague is in him, he shall be defiled; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
  • Lev 14:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest: 3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper; 4 Then the priest shall command to take for the one who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8 And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, he shall also wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 12 And the priest shall take one male lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for, as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot: 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: 17 And the rest of the oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering: 18 And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour on the head of him who is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; 22 And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get, and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot: 26 And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: 28 And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering: 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. 30 And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, such as he can afford; 31 Even what he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the grain offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing.
  • Lev 2:3 : 3 And the remainder of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Lev 2:10 : 10 And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Lev 6:25-29 : 25 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. 26 The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: it shall be eaten in the holy place, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. 27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy: and when some of its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken: and if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
  • Lev 11:24-28 : 24 And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening. 25 And whoever carries any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. 26 The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: everyone that touches them shall be unclean. 27 And whatever goes upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 28 And he that carries the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 22:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5Or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

    7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and afterward may eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

  • Lev 22:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

    2Speak unto Aaron and his sons, that they set themselves apart from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane my holy name in those things which they consecrate unto me: I am the LORD.

    3Say unto them, Whoever he be of all your descendants throughout your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel dedicate unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.

  • Num 19:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13Whoever touches the dead body of any man who is dead, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

    14This is the law when a man dies in a tent: all who come into the tent, and all who are in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Num 19:11
    81%

    11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 15:2-8
    7 verses
    80%

    2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.

    3And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.

    4Every bed where he lies that has the discharge is unclean: and everything where he sits shall be unclean.

    5And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    6And he that sits on anything where he sat who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    7And he that touches the body of him that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    8And if he that has the discharge spits on him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 21:1
    80%

    1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:

  • Lev 21:16-18
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    80%

    16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    17Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever of your descendants in their generations who has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

    18For whatever man who has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous,

  • Lev 7:19-21
    3 verses
    80%

    19And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.

    20But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

    21Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 15:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    11And whomever he touches that has the discharge, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Num 5:2
    79%

    2Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead:

  • Num 19:22
    79%

    22And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

  • Lev 15:27
    79%

    27And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Num 19:16
    78%

    16And whoever touches someone who is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 21:21
    78%

    21No man who has a blemish of the descendants of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

  • Lev 21:11
    78%

    11Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Lev 15:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they do not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

    32This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled by it;

  • Lev 17:15
    77%

    15And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.

  • Lev 6:18
    77%

    18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: everyone who touches them shall be holy.

  • Lev 11:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    24And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

    25And whoever carries any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Num 19:20
    76%

    20But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

  • Lev 21:23
    76%

    23Only he shall not go beyond the veil, nor come near the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Lev 15:22
    76%

    22And whoever touches anything that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 5:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

    3Or if he touches human uncleanness, whatever uncleanness it is that a man may be defiled with, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty.

  • Lev 11:40
    76%

    40And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 15:16
    76%

    16And if any man's seed of emission goes out from him, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 11:32
    76%

    32And upon whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever vessel it is, in which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed.

  • Lev 6:27
    76%

    27Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy: and when some of its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place.

  • Lev 11:28
    76%

    28And he that carries the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you.

  • Ezek 44:25
    75%

    25And they shall not go near a dead person to defile themselves; but for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, for a brother, or for a sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Lev 15:13
    75%

    13And when he that has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water, and shall be clean.

  • Lev 13:14
    75%

    14But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.

  • Num 9:10
    75%

    10Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, yet he shall keep the Passover to the LORD.