Leviticus 11:39

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 their dead bodies fall on seed that is to be planted, the seed is clean. 38But if water is poured on the seed and their dead bodies fall on it, the seed is unclean for you. “When any animal that you are allowed to eat dies, whoever touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. 40Those who eat any of its dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Those who carry its dead body away will wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. 41“Any creature that swarms on the ground is disgusting and must not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:39 word by word

וְכִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָ֑ה הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if any beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• of which ye may eatאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• he that touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• thereof shall be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:39

• Leviticus 11:24“Regarding the creatures mentioned above, this is how you would become unclean: Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 15:5Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.
• Numbers 19:11“Whoever touches the dead body of any human being will be unclean 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

Topics related to Leviticus 11:39

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

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