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Leviticus 11:37

35 Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

36 Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

38 but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
KJV
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
WEB
If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
ASV
And if [aught] of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
DARBY
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;
BLB
And if their carcass falls on any planting seed that is to be sown, it [is] clean.
ÅB
Og om slik en død kropp faller på korn som skal såes, er kornet like rent;
OTB
Hvis en skrott faller på noen frø som skal plantes, forblir de rene.
B1930
Og om slik en død kropp faller på korn som skal såes, er kornet like rent;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 John 3:9

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

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  • 1 Peter 1:23

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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  • 1 John 5:18

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:37

    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

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