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 food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean. 35Anything 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. Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean. 37If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean; 38but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:36 word by word

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

• Neverthelessאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• a springמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• or cisternבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• containingמִקְוֶהmiqveh miqvêh miqvê' · collectionH4723
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• will remainהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• but one who touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• a carcass in itנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• will be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:36

• Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up 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