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- Leviticus
- Chapter 22
- Verse 6
Leviticus 22:6
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,.... Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see Lev 11:31,
and shall not eat of the holy things, unless…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The soul - Rather, the person. Compare the use of the word “body” in the Prayer Book version of Psa 53:1, and in the compounds “somebody, nobody”.
Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the priests' work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things: and the Jewish writers say that "to keep them from idleness they were…
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