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When you realize what you have done, you must admit your defilement and your guilt. This is true whether it is a wild animal, a domestic animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground. <a href="/esv/leviticus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; <a href="/bsb/leviticus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/5.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Or a person who touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things—though it is hidden from him, yet he is unclean—will be guilty. <a href="/amp/leviticus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Or if someone touches any [ceremonially] unclean thing—whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal or the carcass of an unclean domestic animal or the carcass of unclean creeping things—even if he is unaware of it, he has become unclean, and he will be guilty. <a href="/csb/leviticus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Or if someone touches anything unclean —a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature —without being aware of it, he is unclean and incurs guilt. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Or if someone touches anything unclean—a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature—without being aware of it, he is unclean and guilty. <a href="/asv/leviticus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty. <a href="/cev/leviticus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You are guilty and unfit to worship me, if you accidentally touch the dead body of any kind of unclean animal. <a href="/erv/leviticus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty: <a href="/gwt/leviticus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "If you touch anything unclean-the unclean dead body of a wild or tame animal or the body of an unclean, swarming creature-and then ignore what you did, you are unclean and will be guilty. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> If you unintentionally touch anything ritually unclean, such as a dead animal, you are unclean and guilty as soon as you realize what you have done. <a href="/isv/leviticus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> "When a person has touched a ceremonially unclean thing inadvertently, such as the carcass of an unclean animal, or some unclean creeping thing, he will be unclean and guilty nevertheless. <a href="/msb/leviticus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Or if a person touches anything unclean?whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature?even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. <a href="/net/leviticus/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty; <a href="/nheb/leviticus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean crawling creatures, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Or if a soul shall touch any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping animals, and it shall be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. <a href="/web/leviticus/5.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Or when a person comes against anything unclean, or against a carcass of an unclean beast, or against a carcass of unclean livestock, or against a carcass of an unclean teeming creature, and it has been hidden from him, then he [is] unclean and guilty; <a href="/ylt/leviticus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty; <a href="/slt/leviticus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Or when a soul shall touch upon any unclean thing, if upon a carcase of an unclean beast, or upon the carcase of unclean cattle, or upon the carcase of an unclean creeping thing, and it was hidden from him: and he is unclean and guilty.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Whosoever toucheth any unclean thing, either that which hath been killed by a beast, or died of itself, or any other creeping thing: and forgetteth his uncleanness, he is guilty, and hath offended: <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The soul that will have touched anything unclean, either that which has been killed by a beast, or that which has died on its own, or any other creeping thing, and will have forgotten its uncleanness, he is guilty and has committed a transgression. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/5.htm">New American Bible</a> or if someone, without being aware of it, touches any unclean thing, such as the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or an unclean domestic animal, or an unclean swarming creature, and thus is unclean and guilty; <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Or when any of you touch any unclean thing—whether the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing—and are unaware of it, you have become unclean, and are guilty.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Or if any person touches any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast or a carcass of unclean cattle or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and disregards it, he also is unclean and guilty. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Or the soul that touches anything defiled or a body of an unclean animal or the body of an unclean ox or the body of a defiled creeper and is careless of it, and he is defiled and has sinned.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean swarming things, and be guilty, it being hidden from him that he is unclean; <a href="/sep/leviticus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcase, or that which is unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable reptiles which are unclean, or carcases of unclean cattle, <a href="/parallel/leviticus/5-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=817" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/5.htm">Sins Requiring a Sin Offering</a> 1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity. 2<a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">Or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">if a person</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: tig·ga‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anything</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: dā·ḇār (N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">unclean—</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: ḇə·niḇ·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol.">whether the carcass</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭə·mê·’āh (Adj-fs) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">of any unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yāh (N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">wild animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭə·mê·’āh (Adj-fs) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: bə·niḇ·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hê·māh (N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">livestock</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: bə·niḇ·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8318.htm" title="8318: še·reṣ (N-ms) -- Swarmers, swarming things. From sharats; a swarm, i.e. Active mass of minute animals.">crawling creature—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5956.htm" title="5956: wə·ne‘·lam (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To conceal. A primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. Conceal.">even if he is unaware</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">of it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">is unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/816.htm" title="816: wə·’ā·šêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To offend, be guilty. Or mashem; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish.">and guilty.</a> 3Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a> Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a> “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Deuteronomy 14:8</a> as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a> Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. <a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Haggai 2:13</a> So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. <a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a> They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a> “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14</a> “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” <a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a> A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” <a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-23</a> “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) / He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. ... <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a> I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a> But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5</a> For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.touch<a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Leviticus 7:21</a> Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.<a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Leviticus 11:24,28,31,39</a> And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even… <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-16</a> He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days… hidden<a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm">Leviticus 5:4,17</a> Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these… <a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12</a> Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.<a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Luke 11:44</a> Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.and guilty<a href="/leviticus/5-17.htm">Leviticus 5:17</a> And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.<a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Leviticus 4:13</a> And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/3-6.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-2.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/genesis/15-11.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-6.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/9-16.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-2.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/exodus/40-37.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Unaware</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/exodus/32-25.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-6.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Unaware</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 5</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">He who sins in concealing his knowledge</a> 2. <a href="/leviticus/5-2.htm">in touching an unclean thing</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm">or in making an oath</a> 6. <a href="/leviticus/5-6.htm">His trespass offering, of the flock</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">of fowls</a> 11. <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">or of flour</a> 14. <a href="/leviticus/5-14.htm">The trespass offering in sacrilege</a> 17. <a href="/leviticus/5-17.htm">and in sins of ignorance</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Or if a person touches anything unclean— In the context of Leviticus, the concept of "unclean" is central to the laws given to the Israelites. Being unclean was not necessarily a moral failing but a state that required purification. The laws of cleanliness were part of the covenant between God and Israel, emphasizing holiness and separation from pagan practices. Touching something unclean made a person ceremonially unclean, impacting their ability to participate in community worship and requiring specific rituals for purification.whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature— The distinction between clean and unclean animals is detailed in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a>. Unclean animals included certain wild animals, livestock, and crawling creatures, which were not to be eaten or touched after death. This separation served to set Israel apart from other nations and to instill a sense of discipline and obedience. The prohibition against touching carcasses also had practical health benefits, as it prevented the spread of disease.even if he is unaware of it, Ignorance of touching something unclean did not exempt a person from the consequences. This highlights the seriousness of maintaining purity and the need for vigilance in following God's laws. It underscores the idea that sin and impurity can affect individuals even without their conscious knowledge, pointing to the pervasive nature of sin and the need for atonement.he is unclean and guilty. Being declared unclean required the individual to undergo a purification process, which often involved sacrifices and waiting periods. The term "guilty" indicates a breach of the covenant, necessitating atonement. This reflects the broader biblical theme of sin requiring reconciliation with God. The sacrificial system in Leviticus foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who provides purification and atonement for sin once and for all, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The recipients of the Levitical laws, who were called to live in holiness and obedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/u/unclean_animals.htm">Unclean Animals</a> Refers to specific animals deemed unclean by God, including wild animals, livestock, and crawling creatures. 4. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a> The central place of worship for the Israelites, where they would bring offerings for atonement. 5. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for offering sacrifices and maintaining ritual purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a> The laws of cleanliness in Leviticus highlight the importance of approaching God with reverence and purity. They remind us of God's holiness and our need for spiritual cleanliness. <a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_sin.htm">Awareness of Sin</a> Even unintentional contact with the unclean results in guilt, emphasizing the pervasive nature of sin and the need for vigilance in our spiritual walk. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_confession_and_atonement.htm">The Role of Confession and Atonement</a> The requirement for atonement underscores the necessity of confession and seeking forgiveness through Christ, our ultimate sacrifice. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a> Just as the Israelites were called to be distinct in their practices, Christians are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness in every aspect. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a> Jesus fulfills the law, offering a new understanding of purity that focuses on the heart. Believers are called to internal transformation through the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 5</a> <a href="/q/why_blame_ignorance_in_leviticus_5_2.htm">If Leviticus 5:2 considers touching an unclean creature as sin, even unknowingly, how can ignorance be morally blameworthy? </a> <a href="/q/why_is_accidental_contact_a_sin_in_lev_5_3.htm">Why does Leviticus 5:3 label even accidental contact with normal human bodily processes as a sin, implying natural functions are inherently impure? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_leviticus_5_and_hebrews_10_4_align.htm">How do interpreters reconcile Leviticus 5's focus on sacrifices with Hebrews 10:4 declaring it impossible for animal blood to remove sins?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_purification_longer_for_daughters.htm">Why does Leviticus 12:5 require a longer period of purification for a daughter than for a son, and how is this disparity justified?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Or if a soul touch any unclean thing.--The second instance adduced which requires this sacrifice is the case of any one touching the dead body of a clean animal, or the living or dead body of an unclean animal or reptile.And if it be hidden from him.--That is, if he, through carelessness, forgot all about it that he had contracted this defilement; as the Vulgate rightly paraphrases it, "and forgetteth his uncleanness." The touching of a carcase simply entailed uncleanness till evening, which the washing of the person and his garments thus defiled sufficed to remove (<a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm" title="And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm" title="These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:31</a>). It was only when thoughtlessness made him forget his duty, and when reflection brought to his mind and conscience the violation of the law, that he was required to confess his sin, and bring a trespass offering.He also shall be unclean, and guilty.--Better, and he is unclean, and acknowledgeth that he is guilty. (See <a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm" title="And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;">Leviticus 4:13</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm" title="When a ruler has sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;">Leviticus 4:22</a>.) The Greek Version, called the Septuagint, which is the most ancient translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, omits altogether the latter part of this verse, which is represented in the Authorised Version by "and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be unclean and guilty," thus showing that the Hebrew manuscript, or manuscripts, from which this old version was made, had not this clause. This is, moreover, supported by the fact that it needlessly anticipates the summary formula of the next verse, which continues the subject, and where it appears in its proper place.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 2, 3. - Two cases of a man ceremonially defiled. If he had touched a dead body or any other substance conveying uncleanness, and it were hidden from him, that is, if he had done it unwittingly, or from forgetfulness or neglect, had failed to purify himself immediately, he must offer his sin offering, as above. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/5-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Or א֣וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if if a person נֶ֗פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion touches תִּגַּע֮ (tig·ga‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike anything בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every unclean— טָמֵא֒ (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean whether the carcass בְנִבְלַ֨ת (ḇə·niḇ·laṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5038.htm">Strong's 5038: </a> A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol of an unclean טְמֵאָ֗ה (ṭə·mê·’āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean wild animal חַיָּ֜ה (ḥay·yāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life or אוֹ֩ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if livestock בְּהֵמָ֣ה (bə·hê·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal or א֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if crawling creature— שֶׁ֣רֶץ (še·reṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8318.htm">Strong's 8318: </a> A swarm, active mass of minute animals even if he is unaware וְנֶעְלַ֣ם (wə·ne‘·lam) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5956.htm">Strong's 5956: </a> To veil from sight, conceal of it, מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of he וְה֥וּא (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is unclean טָמֵ֖א (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean and guilty. וְאָשֵֽׁם׃ (wə·’ā·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_816.htm">Strong's 816: </a> To be guilty, to be punished, perish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-2.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 5:2 Or if anyone touches any unclean thing (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 5:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 5:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 5:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 5:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>