Leviticus - 17:16

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16 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 17:16.

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But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.
and if he wash not, and his flesh bathe not, then he hath borne his iniquity.'
But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.
Quod si non laverit vestes, et carnem non laverit, portabit iniquitatem suam.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

But if he wash them not,.... Neither wash his clothes: nor bathe his flesh; if he is negligent, and does not take care to make use of these ablutions:
then he shall bear his iniquity; his guilt shall remain on him, and he shall suffer the punishment the law exposes him to, either by the hand of God, or the civil magistrate, which is due to persons that enter into the sanctuary in their uncleanness, or eat of holy things. For not washing his body the punishment was cutting off, and for not washing his garments, beating, as Jarchi says.

His iniquity - The punishment of it, and therefore must offer a sacrifice for it.

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