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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.

Context of Leviticus 11:31

29"And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall 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 11:8You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to 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