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Leviticus 11:24
24“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
Leviticus 11:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;
Context of Leviticus 11:24
22You may eat these: any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper. 23All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you. “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 25and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. 26All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:24 word by word
וּלְאֵ֖לֶּה תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:24
- Leviticus 11:8Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses — they are unclean for you.
- Leviticus 17:15“Every person, whether the native or the resident alien, who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Isaiah 22:14The Lord of Armies has directly revealed to me: “This iniquity will not be wiped out for you people as long as you live.” The Lord God of Armies has spoken.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you.
- Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
- Ephesians 5:11Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
- Colossians 2:16Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
- Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- 1 John 1:7If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-28Verses 24-28 Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Leviticus 5:2.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25unclean until evening: Anyone who touched a ceremonially unclean animal that was dead would be unclean until evening. In Israel, evening marked the start of the next day.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
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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
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