Leviticus 11:36

Leviticus 11:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.

Context of Leviticus 11:36

34Any of the food which may be eaten, but on which [unclean] water falls, shall become unclean, and any liquid that may be drunk in every container shall become unclean. 35Everything that part of their carcass falls on becomes unclean; an oven, or a small stove shall be smashed; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. Nevertheless a spring or a cistern (reservoir) collecting water shall be clean; but whoever touches one of these carcasses shall be unclean. 37If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean; 38but if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:36 word by word

אַ֣ךְ מַעְיָ֥ן וּב֛וֹר מִקְוֵה־מַ֖יִם יִהְיֶ֣ה טָה֑וֹר וְנֹגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם יִטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nevertheless a fountainמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• or pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• plentyמִקְוֶהmiqveh miqvêh miqvê' · collectionH4723
• of waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall be cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• but that which touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• their carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:36

• Zechariah 13:1“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the people of Jerusalem for [cleansing from] sin and impurity.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36A fountain or pit, etc. - This must either refer to running water, the stream of which soon carries off all impurities, or to large reservoirs where the water soon purifies itself; the water in either which touched the unclean thing, being considered as impure, the rest of the water being clean.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36A cistern was a hole dug into the ground or rock. They often lined it with plaster to hold rain and surface water.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-471-2. the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron--These laws, being addressed to both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers in Israel, may serve to indicate the twofold view that is to be taken of them. Undoubtedly the first and strongest reason for instituting a distinction among meats was to discourage the Israelites from spreading into other countries, and from general intercourse with the world--to prevent them acquiring familiarity with the inhabitants of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:36

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Unclean
• Atonement, Day of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Israel, Religion of

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings