Leviticus 22:4
If 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,
Note Forms of the Hebrew tzaraath, traditionally translated as leprosy, were used for various skin diseases; see Leviticus 13.
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;
Note running…: Heb. running of the reins
“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a leper
- Leviticus 13:2, 3, 44–46
- running issue
- Heb. running of the reins.
- Leviticus 15:2, 3
- holy things
- Leviticus 2:3, 10; Leviticus 6:25–29; Leviticus 21:22; Numbers 18:9, 19
- until
- Leviticus 14:2–32; Leviticus 15:13–15
- unclean
- Leviticus 21:1; Numbers 19:11–16
- whose
- Leviticus 15:16