Leviticus 11:37

Leviticus 11:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
• New International Version (NIV)If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean.

Context of Leviticus 11:37

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. 36Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean. If 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. 39If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:37 word by word

וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־כָּל־זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• Ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a carcassנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• fallsנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• for sowingזֵרוּעַzêrûa‛ · sowingH2221
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• ·זָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• ·הוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• is cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:37

• 1 Corinthians 15:37And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
• 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
• 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
• 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Any sowing seed - If any part of an impure carcass fall accidentally on seed about to be sown, it shall not on that account be deemed unclean; but if the water put to the seed to prepare it for being sown, shall be touched by such impure carcass, the seed shall be considered as unclean, Leviticus 11:38. Probably this may be the meaning of these passages.Read the comment
• 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 11:37

• 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