Levítico 17:16

16 Pero si no los lava o no baña su cuerpo, llevará su culpa.

Levítico 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 17:16

But if he wash [them] not
Neither wash his clothes: nor bathe his flesh; if he is negligent, and does not take care to make use of these ablutions: then he shall bear his iniquity;
his guilt shall remain on him, and he shall suffer the punishment the law exposes him to, either by the hand of God, or the civil magistrate, which is due to persons that enter into the sanctuary in their uncleanness, or eat of holy things. For not washing his body the punishment was cutting off, and for not washing his garments, beating, as Jarchi says.

Levítico 17:16 In-Context

14 Porque en cuanto a la vida de toda carne, su sangre es su vida. Por tanto, dije a los hijos de Israel: No comeréis la sangre de ninguna carne, porque la vida de toda carne es su sangre; cualquiera que la coma será exterminado.

15 Y cuando alguna persona, sea nativo o forastero, coma de un animal muerto, o que haya sido despedazado por fieras, lavará sus vestidos y se bañará en agua, y quedará inmundo hasta el atardecer; entonces será limpio.

16 Pero si no los lava o no baña su cuerpo, llevará su culpa.