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Leviticus 11:37
37And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;
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
35And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean; 38but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:37 word by word
וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־כָּל־זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 11:37
- 1 Corinthians 15:37And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:
- 1 Peter 1:23being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
- 1 John 3:9Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
- 1 John 5:18We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not 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
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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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