The Meaning of Leviticus 17:16 Explained

Leviticus 17:16

KJV: But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

YLT: and if he wash not, and his flesh bathe not -- then he hath borne his iniquity.'

Darby: And if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

ASV: But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 17:16?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 17:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 17:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 17:16?

What is the context of Leviticus 17:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

What does Leviticus 17:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 17:1-16 - "the Life Of The Flesh Is In The Blood"

Every animal that was slain for food was regarded as a kind of peace-offering, and was therefore slain at the door of the Tabernacle. This law, though it expressed a great principle, was only provisional. It was kept as long as Israel dwelled in the Wilderness, but repealed when they entered the Land of Promise, where their numbers and diffusion would have rendered its strict observance impossible. See Deuteronomy 12:15-24.

Very earnest insistence is laid on the prohibition of blood as an article of diet. See Leviticus 17:10, etc. The reason of this is in the repeated announcement that the life (or soul) is in the blood, Leviticus 17:11 and Leviticus 17:14. When we are told that the blood maketh atonement, we learn that it does so because it represents the soul of the victim. Life is given for life, soul for soul.

Thus our Lord gave His blood, i.e., His life or soul, a ransom for many. "He poured out His soul unto death." See Isaiah 53:12. It was His blood, not as it was in His veins, but as poured out, that effected the reconciliation. See Ephesians 1:7. It is the death of Christ in which the sinner finds peace. Compare Leviticus 16:30 and 1 John 1:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 17

¹ The blood of slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the tabernacle door
⁷ They must not offer to idols
¹⁰ All eating of blood is forbidden
¹⁵ and of all that dies by itself, or is torn

What do the individual words in Leviticus 17:16 mean?

But if not he does wash [them] or his body - bathe then he shall bear his guilt -

וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַבֵּ֔ס וּבְשָׂר֖וֹ לֹ֣א יִרְחָ֑ץ וְנָשָׂ֖א עֲוֺנֽוֹ פ

וְאִם֙	But if
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יְכַבֵּ֔ס	he does wash [them]
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּבַס Sense: to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller.
וּבְשָׂר֖וֹ	or his body
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בָּשָׂר Sense: flesh.
לֹ֣א	-
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִרְחָ֑ץ	bathe
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָחַץ Sense: to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe.
וְנָשָׂ֖א	then he shall bear
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עֲוֺנֽוֹ	his guilt
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: עָוֹן Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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