Leviticus 6:27
New International Version
Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.

New Living Translation
Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.

English Standard Version
Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place.

Berean Standard Bible
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.

King James Bible
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

New King James Version
Everyone who touches its flesh must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place.

New American Standard Bible
Whoever touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood spatters on a garment, you shall wash what spattered on it in a holy place.

NASB 1995
‘Anyone who touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on.

NASB 1977
‘Anyone who touches its flesh shall become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on.

Legacy Standard Bible
Anyone who touches its flesh will be set apart as holy; and when any of its blood sprinkles on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was sprinkled on.

Amplified Bible
Whatever touches its meat will become consecrated (ceremonially clean). When any of its blood splashes on a garment, you shall wash what was splashed on in a holy place.

Christian Standard Bible
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy place.

American Standard Version
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

Contemporary English Version
and anyone or anything that touches the meat will be holy. If any of the animal's blood is splattered on the clothes of the priest, they must be washed in a holy place.

English Revised Version
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Anything that touches its meat will be holy. If blood gets on someone's clothes, he must wash them in a holy place.

Good News Translation
Anyone or anything that touches the flesh of the animal will be harmed by the power of its holiness. If any article of clothing is spattered with the animal's blood, it must be washed in a holy place.

International Standard Version
Whoever touches its meat will be holy. If some of its blood sprinkles on a garment, wash where it was sprinkled in a sacred place.

Majority Standard Bible
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.

NET Bible
Anyone who touches its meat must be holy, and whoever spatters some of its blood on a garment, you must wash whatever he spatters it on in a holy place.

New Heart English Bible
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whatever shall touch the flesh of it shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of its blood upon any garment, thou shalt wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place.

World English Bible
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
all that comes against its flesh is holy, and when [any] of its blood is sprinkled on the garment, that on which it is sprinkled you wash in the holy place;

Young's Literal Translation
all that cometh against its flesh is holy, and when any of its blood is sprinkled on the garment, that on which it is sprinkled thou dost wash in the holy place;

Smith's Literal Translation
The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for Lev 6:20Every one touching upon its flesh shall be consecrated: and when shall be sprinkled from its blood upon his garment, what shall be sprinkled upon it thou shalt wash in the holy place.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, shall be sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the blood thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whatever will touch its flesh shall be sanctified. If a garment will be sprinkled with its blood, it shall be washed in a holy place.

New American Bible
Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy. If any of its blood spatters on a garment, the stained part must be washed in a sacred place.

New Revised Standard Version
Whatever touches its flesh shall become holy; and when any of its blood is spattered on a garment, you shall wash the bespattered part in a holy place.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Whosoever shall touch the meat thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of its blood upon any garment, you shall wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Everyone who will touch its flesh shall be made holy and he who will sprinkle of its blood on the implements, the implement that was sprinkled will be washed in the holy place.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosesoever garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whosoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Sin Offering
26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. 27Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place. 28The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.…

Cross References
Exodus 29:37
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.

Haggai 2:12-13
If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests. / 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.

Exodus 30:29
You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

Numbers 19:22
Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Ezekiel 44:19
When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

2 Chronicles 30:19
who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

Matthew 23:19
You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

Hebrews 9:13-14
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!

1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Peter 1:15-16
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.”

2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.


Treasury of Scripture

Whatever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof on any garment, you shall wash that where on it was sprinkled in the holy place.

touch

Leviticus 6:18
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

Exodus 29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

Exodus 30:29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

wash

Leviticus 11:32
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

2 Corinthians 7:1,11
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God…

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Leviticus 6
1. The trespass offering for sins done wittingly
8. The law of the burnt offering
14. and of the meat offering
19. The offering at the consecration of a priest
24. The law of the sin offering














Whatever touches its flesh
The phrase "whatever touches its flesh" refers to the sanctity and holiness of the sacrificial offerings. In the Hebrew context, the word for "touches" (נָגַע, naga) implies a physical contact that results in a transfer of holiness. This reflects the belief that holiness is not just a spiritual state but can be transmitted through physical means. The sacrificial system in Leviticus underscores the idea that holiness is contagious, and anything that comes into contact with the holy sacrifice becomes set apart for God. This concept is foundational in understanding the nature of holiness in the Old Testament, where physical objects and spaces could be sanctified through contact with the divine.

will become holy
The transformation to "become holy" (קָדַשׁ, qadash) signifies a change in status from common to sacred. In the ancient Israelite context, holiness was a state of being set apart for God's purposes. This transformation is not merely symbolic but is seen as a real change in the object's or person's status. The idea that holiness can be imparted through contact with the sacrificial flesh highlights the pervasive nature of God's holiness and the call for His people to be holy as He is holy (Leviticus 11:44-45). This reflects the broader biblical theme of sanctification, where believers are called to live lives that are distinct and dedicated to God.

if any of its blood is spattered on a garment
The mention of "blood" (דָּם, dam) is significant in the sacrificial system, as blood represents life (Leviticus 17:11). The spattering of blood on a garment indicates the seriousness and sacredness of the sacrificial act. In ancient Israel, blood was a powerful symbol of atonement and purification. The act of blood being spattered signifies the pervasive reach of the sacrificial atonement, affecting even the garments of those involved in the ritual. This imagery foreshadows the New Testament understanding of Christ's blood as the ultimate atonement for sin, cleansing believers and setting them apart for God.

you must wash the garment
The command to "wash the garment" (כִּבֵּס, kabas) in a holy place emphasizes the need for purity and cleanliness in the presence of God. Washing is a common biblical metaphor for purification, both physically and spiritually. In the Levitical system, washing garments that have come into contact with sacrificial blood ensures that the holiness of the sacrifice is respected and maintained. This act of washing symbolizes the removal of impurity and the restoration of holiness, pointing to the need for continual cleansing in the life of a believer.

in a holy place
The requirement to wash "in a holy place" (בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ, b'makom kadosh) underscores the sanctity of the tabernacle and later the temple, where God's presence dwelt among His people. The holy place is not just a physical location but a space set apart for divine encounters. This requirement highlights the importance of maintaining the sanctity of spaces dedicated to God, ensuring that all actions related to worship and sacrifice are conducted with reverence and respect. It serves as a reminder of the holiness of God and the call for His people to approach Him with clean hands and pure hearts (Psalm 24:3-4).

(27) Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof.--Better, every one that toucheth the flesh thereof, as the Authorised Version rightly renders this phrase in Leviticus 6:18 of this very chapter, where it is explained.

And when there is sprinkled . . . . --So peculiarly sacred was the sin offering, that when any of its blood chanced to spurt upon the garment of the officiating priest, or the one who brought the sacrifice, the spot which received the stain had to be washed in the room of the court provided for this purpose, wherein was a well which supplied the water for the sanctuary, thus preventing the blood from being profaned outside the holy place.

Thou shalt wash.--That is, Aaron, to whom the command was first given, and then his descendants, the priests, not the Israelite or layman.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Anything
כֹּ֛ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

touches
יִגַּ֥ע (yig·ga‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

its flesh
בִּבְשָׂרָ֖הּ (biḇ·śā·rāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

will become holy,
יִקְדָּ֑שׁ (yiq·dāš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

and if
וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

any of the blood
מִדָּמָהּ֙ (mid·dā·māh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

is spattered
יִזֶּ֤ה (yiz·zeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5137: To spurt, spatter, sprinkle

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a garment,
הַבֶּ֔גֶד (hab·be·ḡeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

you must wash
תְּכַבֵּ֖ס (tə·ḵab·bês)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3526: To trample, to wash

it
אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

in a holy
קָדֹֽשׁ׃ (qā·ḏōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

place.
בְּמָק֥וֹם (bə·mā·qō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


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