If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.
Leviticus 22:6 - Easy To Read Version If a person touches any of those things, he will become unclean until evening. That person must not eat any of the holy food. Even if he washes with water, he can’t eat the holy food. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The priest who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed with water. [Heb. 10:22.] American Standard Version (1901) the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. Common English Bible the person who touches these things will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water. Catholic Public Domain Version shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat those things which have been sanctified. But when he has washed his flesh with water, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified. But when he hath washed his flesh with water, |
If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.
Those crawling animals are unclean for you. Any person who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
“If any of those unclean [140] animals dies and falls on something, then that thing will become unclean. It might be something made from wood, cloth, leather, a cloth of sadness or some work tool. Whatever it is, it must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.
“Also, if an animal {that you use for food} dies, then the person who touches its dead body will be unclean [143] until evening.
And the person who eats meat from this animal’s body must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening. The person who picks up the dead body of the animal must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening.
If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.
He can become unclean if he touches any unclean crawling animals. And he can become unclean if he touches an unclean person. It does not matter what made that person unclean.
He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he can eat the holy food. Why? Because {after sunset he is clean and} that food belongs to him.
Then Haggai said, “If a person touches a dead body, then he will become unclean. {\cf2\super [8]} Now, if he touches anything else, will that thing also become unclean?”
If an unclean person touches someone else, then that other person also becomes unclean. That person will be unclean until evening.”
In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, {\cf2\super [36]} and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
We have been cleansed and made free from feelings of guilt. And our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere (true) heart, feeling sure because of our faith.