Leviticus 11:31

Leviticus 11:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
• New International Version (NIV)Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 11:31

29“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard, 30geckos, monitor lizards, common lizards, skinks, and chameleons. These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. 32When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean — any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. 33If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you are to break it.

Leviticus 11:31 word by word

אֵ֛לֶּה הַטְּמֵאִ֥ים לָכֶ֖ם בְּכָל־הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֧עַ בָּהֶ֛ם בְּמֹתָ֖ם יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• to you among all that creepשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• whosoever doth touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• them, when they be deadמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:31

• Leviticus 11:8Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses — they are unclean for you.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:31

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31This list of ceremonially unclean creatures that crawl includes both warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals that move along the ground. Snakes are also part of this group (Leviticus 11:42).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3531-35. whosoever doth touch them, when ... dead, shall be unclean until the even--These regulations must have often caused annoyance by suddenly requiring the exclusion of people from society, as well as the ordinances of religion. Nevertheless they were extremely useful and salutary, especially as enforcing attention to cleanliness. This is a matter of essential importance in the East, where venomous reptiles often creep into houses and are found lurking…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:31

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Unclean
• Atonement, Day of
• Dead
• 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