Leviticus 22:5

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“or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—”

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BSBPD

“or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 22:5 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
  2. Leviticus 11:43Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
  3. Leviticus 15:7Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  4. Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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