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Leviticus 11:39
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 11:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.
Context of Leviticus 11:39
37If 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. An 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. 40If a person eats meat from the body of the dead animal, he must wash his clothes. He will not be clean until the evening. If a person picks up the body of the dead animal, he must wash his clothes. He will not be clean until the evening. 41The people must not eat small animals that move across the ground.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:39 word by word
וְכִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָ֑ה הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:39
- Leviticus 11:24A person may touch the dead body of an animal that is not clean. If he does, that person is not clean either. They must keep him separate from the other people until the evening.
- Leviticus 15:5A person who touches the bed must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:11Any person who touches a dead body will not be clean for seven days.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:39
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-40Israelites could not consume blood (Leviticus 7:26). They could eat an animal only after draining and properly disposing of the blood (17:13). If a ceremonially clean animal died naturally and did not have its blood drained, it became ceremonially unclean. An Israelite could give or sell such an animal to foreigners but could not eat it (Deuteronomy 14:21).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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