Leviticus 22:4
2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
3 Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
5 or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
6 the 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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- “‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;
- BLB
- Any man of the seed of Aaron and [who] is a leper or has a discharge—the holy offerings he shall not eat until that he is clean; and whoever touches anything made unclean [by] a corpse or a man from whom a laying of seed goes out,
- ÅB
- Ingen av Arons slekt som er spedalsk eller har flod, skal spise av de hellige gaver før han er blitt ren, ikke heller den som rører ved noen som er blitt uren ved lik, eller den fra hvem det går sæd,
- OTB
- 'Ingen etterkommer av Aron som har en besmittende hudsykdom eller en utflod, kan spise de hellige offergavene før han er ren. Han vil også være uren hvis han berører noe gjort urent av et lik eller en mann som har en sæduttømming,
- B1930
- Ingen av Arons ætt som er spedalsk eller har flod, skal ete av de hellige gaver før han er blitt ren, ikke heller den som rører ved nogen som er blitt uren ved lik, eller den fra hvem det går sæd,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 15:2–3
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
Read in contextLeviticus 15:13–16
When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:39
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
Read in contextLeviticus 13:2–3
“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
Read in contextNumbers 18:9
A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
Read in contextLeviticus 2:3
The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 21:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Read in contextLeviticus 13:44–46
the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
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