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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy, and blood-spattered garments must be washed in a holy place. The sin offering carries intense sanctity that must be respected.
Overview
Contact with the most holy flesh imparts holiness, and any blood on garments must be washed within the sanctuary. These rules guard the boundary between sacred and common with great care. The reverence surrounding the sin offering's blood points to the infinitely precious blood of Christ, which truly cleanses and sanctifies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 29:37For 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.
- 2 Cor 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Lev 11:32When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
- Hag 2:12If 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.
- Exod 30:29You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Matt 9:21She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
- Lev 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- 2 Cor 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- Matt 14:36and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
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Christ at the center
Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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