King James Version (KJV)
Leviticus 17:16
“But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 17
14
For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
15
And every soul that eateth that which died [of itself], or that which was torn [with beasts, whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
16
But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
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