Levítico 17:16

16 pero si no lava su ropa y no se baña, será castigado por su pecado».

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 La vida de toda criatura está en su sangre. Por eso he dicho al pueblo de Israel: “Nunca coman ni beban sangre, porque la vida de toda criatura está en su sangre”. Así que cualquiera que consuma sangre será excluido de la comunidad.

15 »Y si algún israelita de nacimiento o extranjero come la carne de un animal que murió de forma natural o fue despedazado por animales salvajes, deberá lavar su ropa y bañarse con agua. Permanecerá ceremonialmente impuro hasta el anochecer, después de eso quedará puro;

16 pero si no lava su ropa y no se baña, será castigado por su pecado».