Leviticus 11:38

Leviticus 11:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you.

Context of Leviticus 11:38

36Nevertheless 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; but if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. 39‘If one of the animals that you may eat dies [of natural causes], whoever touches its carcass becomes unclean until the evening. 40And whoever eats some of its meat shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening; also whoever picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:38 word by word

וְכִ֤י יֻתַּן־מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־זֶ֔רַע וְנָפַ֥ל מִנִּבְלָתָ֖ם עָלָ֑יו טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• be putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• upon the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• of their carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:38

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-38People probably moistened grain with water to cook it for food. Eating contaminated grain was like eating a dead animal. But if they planted the grain, the new plant and its grain were ceremonially clean.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 11:38

• Creeping Things
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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