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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the 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.

Context of Leviticus 11:31

29“Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 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. 32If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again. 33“If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.

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 may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for 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