New English Translation
Leviticus 11:25
25and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
- New King James Version (NKJV)whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:
Context of Leviticus 11:25
23But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you. 24“‘By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening. 26“‘All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. 27All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:25 word by word
וְכָל־הַנֹּשֵׂ֖א מִנִּבְלָתָ֑ם יְכַבֵּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:25
- Leviticus 11:28and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 14:8“The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days.
- Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 16:28and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
- Exodus 19:10The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
- Numbers 19:8The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
- Numbers 31:24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”
- Psalms 51:2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
- Zechariah 13:1“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- John 13:8Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
- Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’
- Hebrews 9:10They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
- Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
- 1 Peter 3:21And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you – not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Revelation 7:14So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-28Verses 24-28 Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Leviticus 5:2.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25unclean until evening: Anyone who touched a ceremonially unclean animal that was dead would be unclean until evening. In Israel, evening marked the start of the next day.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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