Leviticus 22:4

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;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
soever	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
seed	מִזֶּ֣רַע mi.Ze.ra'	H2233	seed · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֗ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
leper	צָר֙וּעַ֙ tza.Ru.a'	H6879	to scourge · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
issue	זָ֔ב Zav	H2100	to flow freely (as water) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
eat	יֹאכַ֔ל yo.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
things	בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙ ba.ko.da.Shim	H6944	a sacred place or thing · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
clean	יִטְהָ֑ר yit.Har	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
toucheth	וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ ve.ha.no.Ge.a'	H5060	properly · conjunction + definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
unclean	טְמֵא te.me'-	H2931	foul in a religious sense · adjective, masculine singular construct
dead	נֶ֔פֶשׁ Ne.fesh	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
man	אִ֞ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
seed	זָֽרַע Za.ra'	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular absolute
goeth	תֵּצֵ֥א te.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Leviticus 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:2-3 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean…
Leviticus 15:13-16 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes,…
Leviticus 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus 2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fir…
Leviticus 6:25-29 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin…
Leviticus 11:24-28 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 13:2-3 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lepro…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 employed in the wood-room, to pick out that which was worm-eaten, that it might not be used in the fire upon the altar; they might also be employed in the judgment of leprosy:" but, I. Those that were under any ceremonial uncleanness, which possibly they contracted by their own fault, might no so much as eat of the holy things while they continued in their pollution. 1. Some pollutions were permanent, as a leprosy or a running issue, Lev 22:4. These separated the people from the sanctuary, and G…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:4

wash his flesh with water--Any Israelite who had contracted a defilement of such a nature as debarred him from the enjoyment of his wonted privileges, and had been legally cleansed from the disqualifying impurity, was bound to indicate his state of recovery by the immersion of his whole person in water. Although all ceremonial impurity formed a ground of exclusion, there were degrees of impurity which entailed a longer or shorter period of excommunication, and for the removal of which different rites required to be observed according to the trivial or the malignant nature of the case. A person who came inadvertently into contact with an unclean animal was rendered unclean for a specified per…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:4

Is a leper, or hath a running issue - See the case of the leper treated at large in the notes on Leviticus 13 (note) and Leviticus 14 (note); and for other uncleannesses, see the notes on Leviticus 15 (note).

John Gill on Leviticus 22:4

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper,.... A young, or an old man, as the Targum of Jonathan, and indeed man or woman; for the wives and daughters of the priests, if in this, and other circumstances following, might not eat of the holy things until cleansed, who otherwise might, see Leviticus 13:2, or hath a running issue; a gonorrhoea, whether man or woman, Leviticus 15:2, he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean; he might eat of the tithes, but not of the wave breast, or heave shoulder: and whoso toucheth any that is unclean by the dead; not only that touched the dead, which made unclean, but that touched any person or thing that was made unclean by it: or a man…

The Church Fathers

And whoever touches any impurity of soul. It means any corpse, because touching a corpse produces an impurity as established by law.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON LEVITICUS, Q. 86 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Issue, Running — (Leviticus 15:2,3; 22:4; Numbers 5:2; 2 Samuel 3:29) In (Leviticus 15:3) a distinction is introduced, which merely means that the cessation of the actual flux does not constitute ceremonial…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Uncleanness — The distinctive idea attached to ceremonial uncleanness among the Hebrews was that it cut a person off for the time from social privileges, and left his citizenship among God’s people for the while…
Defilement · Laws relating to — Laws relating to
Leprosy · Those afflicted with: Excluded from priest’s office — Those afflicted with: Excluded from priest’s office
Priests · Special laws respecting: While unclean could not eat of the holy things — Special laws respecting: While unclean could not eat of the holy things
Purifications · Of individuals who were ceremonially unclean — Of individuals who were ceremonially unclean
Sanitation · General references — General references
Uncleanness · (Ceremonially speaking) — (Ceremonially speaking)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 22:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:4

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:4

John Gill on Leviticus 22:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 22:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:4

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:4

John Gill on Leviticus 22:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 22:1-16

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 22:1-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 22:2-6

Rashi on Leviticus 22:4