Leviticus 22:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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;”

Leviticus 22:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Leviticus 22:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Leviticus 22:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—”

Leviticus 22:5 — World English Bible

Leviticus 22:5 ASV — 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; ”

Leviticus 22:5 — American Standard Version

Leviticus 22:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“or a man who cometh against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness--”

Leviticus 22:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Leviticus 22:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness, ”

Leviticus 22:5 — Darby Translation

Leviticus 22:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whom he may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath,”

Leviticus 22:5 — Geneva Bible

Leviticus 22:5 in Context — Leviticus 22

3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

5 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;

6 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.

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

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What Does Leviticus 22:5 Mean?

Leviticus 22:5 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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