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Leviticus 5:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3Or 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse extends the hidden-contact case to human sources of impurity.
Read It With
- Leviticus 5:1-6
Track the movement across 5:1-6. When Leviticus 5:3 extends the hidden-contact case to human sources of impurity, it contributes to this complete claim: The unit names failures involving withheld testimony, unnoticed contact, and careless oaths, then requires acknowledgment and an offering when guilt becomes known.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse extends the hidden-contact case to human sources of impurity. The surrounding movement keeps that contribution inside Leviticus 5:1-6.
Follow the Context
- The unit opens the case or movement named “Witness silence, hidden impurity, rash oaths, confession, and offering.”
- The unit names failures involving withheld testimony, unnoticed contact, and careless oaths, then requires acknowledgment and an offering when guilt becomes known.
- Unnoticed ritual contact and culpable false speech are not identical, even though this procedure gathers them under one response. That boundary keeps ritual status, moral guilt, ancient description, enduring truth, and modern application from being collapsed.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Leviticus 5:3 does not stand apart from Leviticus 5:1-6; unnoticed ritual contact and culpable false speech are not identical, even though this procedure gathers them under one response.
What Remains True
Extends the hidden-contact case to human sources of impurity. Within Leviticus 5:1-6, this contributes to the larger claim that the unit names failures involving withheld testimony, unnoticed contact, and careless oaths, then requires acknowledgment and an offering when guilt becomes known.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 5:3, keep the verse inside Leviticus 5:1-6. Hold this boundary: Unnoticed ritual contact and culpable false speech are not identical, even though this procedure gathers them under one response. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain Leviticus 5:3's contribution to Leviticus 5:1-6. Name the category involved, what the surrounding verses add, any material uncertainty, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 5:1-6 — Witness silence, hidden impurity, rash oaths, confession, and offeringSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 5:1-6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 5:1-6
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 5:1-6
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