Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations after you, that [a]toucheth the holy things which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that person shall be cut off from my sight, I am the Lord.

(A)Whosoever also 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 who so toucheth any that is [b]unclean by reason of the dead, or a man whose issue of seed runneth from him,

Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man by whom he may take uncleanness, [c]whatsoever uncleanness he hath,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:3 To eat thereof.
  2. Leviticus 22:4 By touching any dead thing, or being at burial of the dead.
  3. Leviticus 22:5 Hebrew, according to all his uncleanness.

“Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord,(A) that person must be cut off from my presence.(B) I am the Lord.

“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease[a] or a bodily discharge,(C) he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse(D) or by anyone who has an emission of semen, or if he touches any crawling thing(E) that makes him unclean, or any person(F) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:4 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.