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

35If a dead animal falls onto a cooking pot, then the pot is not clean. You must break the pot. 36If a dead animal falls into a fresh water stream, the stream stays clean. The pot that a person uses to get fresh water from the stream is clean. If a dead animal falls onto some seeds, they stay clean. 38A person might pour water on the seeds. A dead animal might fall on the wet seeds. Then those seeds are not clean. 39An animal that is good for food might die. A man might touch its dead body. If he does, they must keep him separate from the people until the evening.

Leviticus 11:37 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• of their carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• upon any sowingזֵרוּעַzêrûa‛ · sowingH2221
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• which is to be sownזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:37

• 1 Corinthians 15:37You put just a seed into the ground. It might be wheat or it might be another kind of seed. You do not put into the ground the whole plant that the seed will become.
• 1 Peter 1:23You now have a new life! It is not like a human life that quickly comes to an end. It is a new life that will never spoil. You received it because you believed God's message. That message continues for ever and it does not change.
• 1 John 3:9Everybody who is a child of God does not continue to do wrong things. This is because God has given them a new life. He has caused them to become his children. So they cannot continue to do wrong things.
• 1 John 5:18Nobody who has become a child of God continues to do wrong things. Instead, the Son of God keeps him safe. Satan cannot do anything against a child of God.

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
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
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• Israel, Religion of
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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