Leviticus 5:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or 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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Or if someone touches anything unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean wild animal, livestock, or swarming creature, and it is hidden from them, they become unclean and guilty.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Or if a soul touch any uncan thing, whether it be a carcase of an uncan beast, or a carcase of uncan catt, or the carcase of uncan creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be uncan, and guilty.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Ether when a ma toucheth any vnclene thinge: whether it be the caryon of an vnclene beest or of vnclene catell or vnclene worme and is not warre of it, he is also vnclene and hath offended.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Or whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thige, whether it be ye carion of an vncleane beast, or catell, or worme, & was not awarre of it, he is vncleane, and hath offended.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Either if one touche any vncleane thing, whether it be a carion of an vncleane beast, or a carion of vncleane cattel, or a carion of vncleane creeping things, and is not ware of it, yet he is vncleane, and hath offended:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Either if a soule touche any vncleane thyng, whether it be the carion of an vncleane beast, or a carion of vncleane cattell, or a carion of vncleane creeping thynges, and is not ware of it: beholde, he is vncleane, and hath offended.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether [it be] a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and [if] it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 5:17 : 17 And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.
  • 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.
  • Deut 14:8 : 8 And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead bodies.
  • Lev 7:21 : 21 Moreover, 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 11:11 : 11 They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.
  • Lev 11:24-40 : 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. 29 These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind, 30 And the gecko, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. 32 And 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. 33 And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it. 34 Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or stove, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water is put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass falls on it, it shall be unclean to you. 39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40 And 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 4:13 : 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sins through ignorance, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
  • Lev 5:4 : 4 Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
  • Hag 2:13 : 13 Then Haggai said, If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    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.

    4Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

    5And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing:

  • Lev 22:4-6
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    4Whoever 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;

    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.

  • Lev 11:24-28
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    83%

    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.

    26The 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.

    27And 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.

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

  • Lev 7:19-21
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    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 11:34-40
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    34Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

    35And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or stove, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to you.

    36Nevertheless a fountain or pit, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean.

    37And if any part of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

    38But if any water is put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass falls on it, it shall be unclean to you.

    39And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

    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 17:15-16
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    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.

    16But if he does not wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Lev 15:10-11
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    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.

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  • Num 19:11-16
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    11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

    12He 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.

    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.

    15And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.

    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.

  • Num 19:22
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    22And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

  • Lev 5:1
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    1And if a person sins, and hears the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he does not speak of it, then he shall bear his guilt.

  • Lev 5:17
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    17And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.

  • Lev 11:31-32
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    31These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

    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 15:27
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    27And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

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    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.

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

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

  • Lev 27:11
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    11And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

  • Num 19:20
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    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 11:8
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    8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

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    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:

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

    23And if it is on her bed, or on anything where she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.

  • Deut 14:8
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    8And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead bodies.

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    13Then Haggai said, If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

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    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.