Leviticus 11:37

Leviticus 11:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
• New International Version (NIV)If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean.

Context of Leviticus 11:37

35Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly. 36“However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled. If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean. 38But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled. 39“If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.

Leviticus 11:37 word by word

וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־כָּל־זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• of their carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• upon any sowingזֵרוּעַzêrûa‛ · sowingH2221
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• which is to be sownזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:37

• 1 Corinthians 15:37And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.
• 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
• 1 John 3:9Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.
• 1 John 5:18We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Any sowing seed - If any part of an impure carcass fall accidentally on seed about to be sown, it shall not on that account be deemed unclean; but if the water put to the seed to prepare it for being sown, shall be touched by such impure carcass, the seed shall be considered as unclean, Leviticus 11:38. Probably this may be the meaning of these passages.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-38People probably moistened grain with water to cook it for food. Eating contaminated grain was like eating a dead animal. But if they planted the grain, the new plant and its grain were ceremonially clean.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 11:37

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
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• Paw
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• Genesis
• Israel, Religion of
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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