Leviticus 5:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 5:3

The Trespass Offering

1 ‘If a person sins in ^ahearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he ^bbears guilt.

2 ‘Or ^aif 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 ^bguilty.

3 Or if he touches ^ahuman uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

4 ‘Or if a person¹ swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ^ato do evil or ^bto do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

5 ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall ^aconfess that he has sinned in that thing;

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 5:3

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American Standard Version
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Amplified® Bible
Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever kind the uncleanness may be with which he becomes defiled, and he is unaware of it, when he does know it, then he shall be guilty.

Contemporary English Version
You are guilty if you find out that you have accidentally touched any waste that comes from a human body.

Darby English Version
or if he touch the uncleanness of man, any uncleanness of him by which he is defiled, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth [it], then he is guilty.

Good News Bible
If you unintentionally touch anything of human origin that is unclean, whatever it may be, you are guilty as soon as you realize what you have done.

King James Version
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

New American Standard Bible
`Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever {sort} his uncleanness {may} be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know {it,} he will be guilty.

New International Version
" 'Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything that would make him unclean—even though he is unaware of it, when he learns of it he will be guilty.

New King James Version
Or if he touches human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may consist of causing him to become unclean, and he does not see it, and then he comes to know it, he will have guilt.

Revised Standard Version
Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall be guilty.

Young's Literal Translation
`Or when he cometh against uncleanness of man, even any of his uncleanness whereby he is unclean, and it hath been hidden from him, and he hath known, and hath been guilty:

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