Levítico 17:16

16 Y si no los lavare, ni lavare su carne, llevará su iniquidad

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 el alma de toda carne, su vida, está en su sangre; por tanto he dicho a los hijos de Israel: No comeréis la sangre de ninguna carne, porque el alma (o la vida) de toda carne es su sangre; cualquiera que la comiere será cortado

15 Y cualquier persona que comiere cosa mortecina o despedazada por fiera, así de los naturales como de los extranjeros, lavará sus vestidos, y a sí mismo se lavará con agua, y será inmundo hasta la tarde; y se limpiará

16 Y si no los lavare, ni lavare su carne, llevará su iniquidad