Leviticus 11:39

Leviticus 11:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 11:39

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. ‘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. 41‘Now everything that swarms on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.

Leviticus 11:39 word by word

וְכִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָ֑ה הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if any beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• of which ye may eatאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• he that touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• thereof shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:39

• Leviticus 11:24‘By [contact with] these you will become unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening (dusk),
• Leviticus 15:5Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;
• Numbers 19:11‘The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:39

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-40Israelites could not consume blood (Leviticus 7:26). They could eat an animal only after draining and properly disposing of the blood (17:13). If a ceremonially clean animal died naturally and did not have its blood drained, it became ceremonially unclean. An Israelite could give or sell such an animal to foreigners but could not eat it (Deuteronomy 14:21).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 11:39

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Carcase
• 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