Leviticus 5:3

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“Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.”

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BSBPD

“Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Or when he cometh against uncleanness of man, even any of his uncleanness whereby he is unclean, and it hath been hidden from him, and he hath known, and hath been guilty:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 5:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 7:21If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
  2. Leviticus 12:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  3. Leviticus 12:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  4. Leviticus 13:3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.
  5. Leviticus 15:1And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  6. Leviticus 15:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  7. Leviticus 22:4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  8. Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

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

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