24“ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.25Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
26“ ‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.27Whatever 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.28He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
24 “ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
26 “ ‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
27 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.
28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
KJVKing James Version
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
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JPSJPS Tanakh (1917)
24 And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.
25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, but is not cloven footed, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you; whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:40(v25)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…
Leviticus 14:8(v25)“He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that…
Leviticus 15:5(v25)Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Numbers 31:24(v25)You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
Leviticus 16:28(v25)He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
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Numbers 19:10(v25)He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. It shall be to the children of Israel, and…
1 John 1:7(vv24–25)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…
Exodus 19:10(v25)Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
Exodus 19:14(v25)Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Leviticus 11:8(v24)You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:24-25(v28)“ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. Whoever carries any part of their…
Leviticus 11:27-28(v24)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…
Leviticus 11:28(v25)He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:31(v24)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(v24)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,…
Leviticus 14:47(v25)He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
Leviticus 15:7-11(v25)“ ‘He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the…
Leviticus 15:13(v25)“ ‘When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his…
Leviticus 17:15-16(v24)“ ‘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…
Numbers 19:8(v25)He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Numbers 19:19(v25)The clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. He shall…
Numbers 19:21-22(v25)It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for…
Psalms 51:2(v25)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
Psalms 51:7(v25)Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Isaiah 22:14(v24)Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of…
Zechariah 13:1(v25)“In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
John 13:8(v25)Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
Acts 22:16(v25)Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
1 Corinthians 15:33(v24)Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
2 Corinthians 6:17(v24)Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
Ephesians 2:1-3(v24)You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world,…
Ephesians 5:11(v24)Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Colossians 2:16-17(v24)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…
Colossians 2:20(v24)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 9:10(v25)being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
Hebrews 9:26(v24)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…
Hebrews 10:22(v25)let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed…
1 Peter 3:21(v25)This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward…
Revelation 7:14(v25)I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them…
Leviticus 11:23(v27)But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv25–26Out of the camp.
Out of the camp.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv24–28Lev 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.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv24–27And 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.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv24–28And 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 Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv24, 25, 27Unclean - 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.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn v27Verse 27. Whatsoever goeth upon his paws] כפיו cappaiv,…
Verse 27. Whatsoever goeth upon his paws] כפיו cappaiv, his palms or hands, probably referring to those animals whose feet resemble the hands and feet of the human being, such as apes, monkeys, and all creatures of that genus; together with bears, frogs, &c.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv26–27Lev 11:26. The carcasses of every beast, &c., are…
Lev 11:26. The carcasses of every beast, &c., are unclean — They were prohibited from touching their dead bodies, but not their bodies when alive: for they used camels, horses, asses, &c., for necessary service, Lev 11:31.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn v24Unclean - 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.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn vv24–27Evening. 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).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn v26every beast . . . not cloven-footed--The prohibited animals…
every beast . . . not cloven-footed--The prohibited animals under this description include not only the beasts which have a single hoof, as horses and asses, but those also which divided the foot into paws, as lions, tigers, &c.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv24, 2624. 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.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv24, 2724–28. 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.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv24–28(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.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv24, 26Vers. 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.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv24, 26General Information:
General Information:
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.
Tyndale Open Study Notes2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v2411:24-25 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.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Out of the camp.
Out of the camp.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv24–28 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.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv24–27 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.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv24–28 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.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv24, 25, 27 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.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v27 Verse 27. Whatsoever goeth upon his paws] כפיו cappaiv,…
Verse 27. Whatsoever goeth upon his paws] כפיו cappaiv, his palms or hands, probably referring to those animals whose feet resemble the hands and feet of the human being, such as apes, monkeys, and all creatures of that genus; together with bears, frogs, &c.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv26–27 Lev 11:26. The carcasses of every beast, &c., are…
Lev 11:26. The carcasses of every beast, &c., are unclean — They were prohibited from touching their dead bodies, but not their bodies when alive: for they used camels, horses, asses, &c., for necessary service, Lev 11:31.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v24 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.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv24–27 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).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v26 every beast . . . not cloven-footed--The prohibited animals…
every beast . . . not cloven-footed--The prohibited animals under this description include not only the beasts which have a single hoof, as horses and asses, but those also which divided the foot into paws, as lions, tigers, &c.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv24, 26 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.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv24, 27 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.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv24–28 (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.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv24, 26 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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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 26 General Information:
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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 On v24 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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