the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
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the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
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.
the person who touches it will be unclean until the evening. And he shall not eat from the holy things unless he washes his body with the water.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
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.
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.
the soul which toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water.
Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,
the person who cometh against it -- hath even been unclean till the evening, and doth not eat of the holy things, but hath bathed his flesh with water,
the person who comes against it has even been unclean until the evening, and does not eat of the holy things, but has bathed his flesh with water,
then the priest who touches anything unclean will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy things, unless he has bathed his body in water.
the person who touches it will be unclean until the evening. And he shall not eat from the holy things unless he washes his body with the water.
-- a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he shall wash his flesh with water.
anyone who touches anything like this will remain unclean until evening. He is not allowed to eat from the holy offerings unless he has washed himself with water.
Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;
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.
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In English translation the verse runs 27 words from the Hebrew and 25 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
World English Bible · Public Domain
ψυχή ὅστις ἄν ἅπτομαι αὐτός ἀκάθαρτος εἰμί ἕως ἑσπέρα οὐ ἐσθίω ἀπό ὁ ἅγιος ἐάν μή λούω ὁ σῶμα αὐτός ὕδωρ
whatever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
אֱנַשׁ דִי יִקְרַב בֵּהּ וִיהֵי מְסָאָב עַד רַמְשָׁא וְלָא יֵיכוּל מִן קוּדְשַׁיָא אֱלָהֵן אַסְחֵי בִשׂרֵהּ בְּמַיָא
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
בַּר נַשׁ כּהֵן דְיִקְרַב בֵּיהּ יְהֵי מְסָאָב עַד רַמְשָׁא וְלָא יֵיכוּל מִן קוּדְשַׁיָא אֱלָהֵן אִין אַסְחֵי בִּישְרֵיהּ בְּאַרְבְּעִין סָוִוין דְמוֹי
the man being a priest who toucheth such shall be unclean until the evening, and may not eat of the holy things, except that he wash his flesh in forty seahs of water.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 16 words (15 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is râchats (“to wash”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Leviticus 22:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.