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Leviticus 17:16

14 For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

15 And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
KJV
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
WEB
But if he doesn’t wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.’”
ASV
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
DARBY
And if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
BLB
And if he does not wash [them] and does not bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
ÅB
Dersom han ikke vasker sine klær og ikke bader sitt legeme, da skal han komme til å lide for sin misgjerning.
OTB
Men hvis de ikke vasker sine klær og bader seg, vil de bære ansvaret for sin skyld.
B1930
Dersom han ikke tvetter sine klær og ikke bader sitt legeme, da skal han komme til å lide for sin misgjerning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • John 13:8

    “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

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  • Isaiah 53:11

    After 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.

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  • Numbers 19:19–20

    The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

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  • Leviticus 7:18

    If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

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  • Leviticus 20:19–20

    You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

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  • Leviticus 20:17

    If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

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  • Leviticus 19:8

    Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.

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