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Leviticus 22:6

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”.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 22:1-9

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…