Leviticus 22:6

6 the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening[a] and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

Leviticus 22:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:6

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until
even
Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see ( Leviticus 11:31 ) ( Leviticus 15:5 Leviticus 15:7 Leviticus 15:16 ) ; and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with
water;
in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; yea, when the evening is come, he may not eat of the heave or wave offerings, until he has dipped himself all over in water; nor should any eat of the Lord's supper under the New Testament, but such as are first baptized in water.

Leviticus 22:6 In-Context

4 No man of Aaron's descendants who has a skin disease or a discharge is to eat from the holy offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person or by a man who has an emission of semen,
5 or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean-whatever his uncleanness-
6 the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.
7 When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.
8 He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am the Lord.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lv 11:24-28,31-32,39-40
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