Leviticus 22:6

6 the person who has touched any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things until he has washed his flesh 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 Whatever man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper or has a running issue shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And whosoever touches any thing that is unclean by the dead or a man whose seed has gone out from him

5 or the man who has touched any reptile, by which he shall be unclean, or a man of whom he shall become unclean, according to whatever uncleanness he has,

6 the person who has touched any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things until he has washed his flesh with water.

7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

8 That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith. I am the LORD.