“ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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“ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 11:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 11:8 You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:27-28 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 11:38-40 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. “ ‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 17:15-16 “ ‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Then he shall be clean. But if he doesn’t wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.’ ”
- Isaiah 22:14 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Ephesians 2:1-3 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience. We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- Colossians 2:16-17 Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
- Colossians 2:20 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
- Hebrews 9:26 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean:…
Lev 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
Ver. 24. Whosoever toucheth the carcass.] This and the like signified that all, even the least sins, are to be purged through Christ, and carefully cast away.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And such were excluded both from the courts of…
And such were excluded both from the courts of God’s house, and from free conversation with other men.
Until the even; which possibly might signify that even the smallest defilements could not be cleansed but by the death of Christ, who was to come and offer up himself in the evening, or end, or declining age of the world, as the prophets signify, and the apostle expresseth, Heb 9:26.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And for these ye shalt be unclean,.... That is,…
And for these ye shalt be unclean,.... That is, for eating them; or should they eat them they would be unclean:
whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; not only he was unclean that ate them, but he that even touched their dead bodies was reckoned unclean; might not go into the tabernacle, nor have conversation with men, nor eat of the holy things, which were forbid men in any uncleanness; and though there is no mention of his washing himself, it may be understood, this being a short or concise way of speaking, as Aben Ezra observes; who adds, that it was necessary that he should wash himself in water; which was typical of washing and cleansing by the grace and blood of Christ, without which a man cannot be cleansed from the least sin, and pollution by it; and may signify that during the legal dispensation there was no proper cleansing from sin, until the evening of the world, when Christ came and shed his blood for the cleansing of it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Unclean - And such were excluded both from the…
Unclean - And such were excluded both from the court of God's house, and from free conversation with other men.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at…
Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Lev 5:2.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Evening. If he were guilty of sin in so…
Evening. If he were guilty of sin in so doing, contrition would be necessary to regain God’s favour. (Worthington) --- But the legal uncleanness would not be removed till the evening; as the one might subsist while the other was remitted. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. Unclean until the even — The slighter degrees…
24. Unclean until the even — The slighter degrees of uncleanness were merely “until even,” and were removed by bathing and washing the clothes at the end of it; meanwhile the person was excluded from certain religious privileges. See Lev_5:2, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24–28. Uncleanness caused by Dead Bodies
24–28. Uncleanness caused by Dead Bodies
(See introductory note on Lev_11:20-23.)
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Lev_11:24-25 are a general introduction. ‘And by these’ (Lev_11:24) refers to what follows, not to the ‘winged creeping things’ of Lev_11:23.
(a) touching or bearing the carcase of (α) beasts specified in Lev_11:26-27 or (β) swarming things specified in Lev_11:29-30 caused uncleanness till the even; if they were carried, the clothes must also be washed.
(b) further cases of defilement were caused by a carcase, (α) a vessel (Lev_11:32-33), (β) food (Lev_11:34), (γ) ovens, etc. (Lev_11:35), (δ) water in a pit (Lev_11:36), (ε) seed (Lev_11:37-38).
Carrying part of the carcase involves uncleanness of a higher degree than that caused by mere contact. Note the difference in the regulations of Lev_11:24-25; Lev_11:27-28.
In Lev_11:26-27 the beasts are specified by their characteristics; in Lev_11:29-30 by their names.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) And for these ye shall be unclean.—Rather, and…
(24) And for these ye shall be unclean.—Rather, and by these ye shall be defiled, that is, the beasts and animals specified in Lev_11:26-27.
Shall be unclean until the even.—For coming in contact with the dead body of the animals contracts defilement for the rest of the day, and till the beginning of a new day, which took place after sunset (comp. Lev_23:32). During these hours of legal uncleanness he was not allowed to enter the sanctuary, touch any sacred thing, or have intercourse with those who were legally clean, since contact with one who has contracted legal defilement imparted defilement to both persons and things.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 24-28. These verses contain an expansion of the…
Vers. 24-28. These verses contain an expansion of the warning contained in verse 8, to the effect that the touch of the dead bodies of the forbidden animals was defiling, as well as the consumption of their flesh. A further mark of an unclean animal is added in verse 27. Whatsoever goeth upon his paws; that is, whatever has not hoofs, but goes stealthily, like beasts of prey of the eat kind. It includes also dogs.
Vers. 24-28, 39, 40. The significance of death.
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"Whosoever toucheth the carcass shall be unclean." What is the meaning of these minute and stringent regulations touching the dead bodies of animals, both clean (verses 39, 40) and unclean (verses 24-28)? The answer to this question is in the fourfold consideration
I HOW MUCH GOD MAKES OF DEATH. Death is the key-note of very much of sacred Scripture. "Thou shalt die" is a constantly recurring refrain. "And he died" is a continually repeated statement. It was the death of the slain victim at the altar that made expiation for the sinner. It is the death upon the cross which constitutes the sacrifice for the world"s sin. The death of the soul is the awful punishment of guilt hereafter as it is on earth. It was the death of these animals that made their caresses unclean. In the Old Testament and New, God makes much of death.
II THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH. Death is odious and intolerable in God"s sight: it must be made to seem so in man"s; for:
1. It is the consequence of sin in man.
2. It is the picture of sin in man.
3. It is a reminder of the painful and hateful presence of sin in man.
III THE AVOIDABLENESS OF SIN. The fact that the dead carcass could be and must be avoided, and that contraction of ceremonial defilement could be prevented, indicated to the Jew and now intimates to us that sin may be and must be shunned. Two things were and are necessary:
1. Carefulness: scrupulous regard to the known laws (verses 32, 34, 38).
2. Self-sacrifice: things made unclean must be broken up, disused, cast away, at whatever cost (verses 33, 35).
IV THE REMOVAL OF THE STAIN OF SIN. "It must be put into water; ... so it shall be cleansed" (verse 32). "There is a fountain filled with blood," etc. C.
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Yahweh begins to tell Moses and Aaron which animals the people are to consider unclean.
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You will become unclean until evening by these animals if you touch a carcass of one of them
This can be translated in active form. AT: "The dead bodies of these animals will make you unclean if you touch any of them" (See: Active or Passive)
You will become unclean
A person who is unacceptable for God's purposes because he has touched one of these dead animals is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
these animals
This refers to the animals he is about to list in the following verses.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:24-25 defiled until evening: Anyone who touched a carcass…
11:24-25 defiled until evening: Anyone who touched a carcass of an unclean animal would be unclean until evening, which marked the beginning of the next day in Israel.
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