Leviticus 11:39
37 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.
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
40 Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41 Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
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 an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
- KJV
- And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
- WEB
- “‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- ASV
- And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
- DARBY
- And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
- BLB
- And if from the beast that [is] for food for you⁺ dies, the one touching its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- ÅB
- Dør noe av de firføtte dyr som er til føde for dere, da skal den som rører ved dets døde kropp, være uren til om kvelden,
- OTB
- Hvis et dyr som dere har lov til å spise dør, vil den som rører ved skrotten være uren til kvelden.
- B1930
- Dør noget av de firføtte dyr som er til føde for eder, da skal den som rører ved dets døde kropp, være uren til om aftenen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 19:16
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Read in contextLeviticus 15:7
Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Read in contextLeviticus 15:5
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Read in contextNumbers 19:11
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:28
and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:40
Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:31
These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:24
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
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