Leviticus 22:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and whoever touches any swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or any human being by whom he may be made unclean—whatever his uncleanness may be—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or whoever touches any dead creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may acquire uncleanness, whatever it may be, [Lev. 11:24-28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

Common English Bible

or who touches any swarming creature or another person who makes him unclean—whatever the uncleanness might be—

Catholic Public Domain Version

and whoever has touched a creeping thing, or any kind of unclean thing, the touching of which is filthy,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he that toucheth a creeping thing, or any unclean thing, the touching of which is defilin:

Leviticus 22:5 Cross References

Leviticus 11:23

But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

Leviticus 15:19

“When a woman has a discharge of blood that is a menstrual discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:7

All who touch the body of the one with the discharge shall wash their clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:6

the person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the sacred donations unless he has washed his body in water.

Numbers 19:22

Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.”