Leviticus 22:5 — Compare Translations

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Or whoever touches any dead creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may acquire uncleanness, whatever it may be, [Lev. 11:24-28.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Or whoever touches any dead creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may acquire uncleanness, whatever it may be, [Lev. 11:24-28.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean — whatever his uncleanness —

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,

English EASY 2024

He may have touched an unclean animal that moves near to the ground. He may have touched a person who is unclean for any reason. All these things will cause the priest himself to become unclean.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He can also become unclean if he touches any unclean crawling animals. And he can become unclean if he touches an unclean person. It doesn't matter what made that person unclean.

and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be-

English GNT (Good News Translation)

or if he has touched an unclean animal or person.

English God's Word - GW 1995

an unclean swarming creature, or an unclean person

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean-- whatever his uncleanness--

English KJV 1611

Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

English LSB

or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

or whoever touches any crawling thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may receive uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

or if anyone touches any swarming creature or any man whose uncleanness, of whatever kind it may be, is contagious,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person’s impurity —

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Or suppose he touches any crawling thing that makes him "unclean." Or suppose he touches any person who makes him "unclean." It does not matter what he touches that is "unclean." It will make him "unclean."

English NIV

or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

English NKJ 1982

or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be—

English NLT

or by touching a creeping creature that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and whoever touches any swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or any human being by whom he may be made unclean-- whatever his uncleanness may be--

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and whoever touches a creeping thing by which he may be made unclean or a man from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be—

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

or who touches any reptile or other forbidden thing, or who touches anyone who is ceremonially defiled for any reason—

English Tyndale 1537

or whosoever twicheth any worm that is unclean to him, or man that is unclean to him, whatsoever uncleanness he hath: