If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
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If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
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And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
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And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Leviticus 11:37 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 15:37 That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
- 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- 1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
- 1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 11:37 And if [any part] of their carcase…
Lev 11:37 And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.
Ver. 37. It shall be clean.] Because of necessity.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Partly because this was necessary provision for man; and…
Partly because this was necessary provision for man; and partly because such seed would not be used for man’s food till it had received many alterations in the earth, whereby such pollution was taken away. See Joh 12:24; 1Co 15:36.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if any part of their carcass fall upon…
And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed that is to be sown,.... That which is selected from the other seed in order to be sown, and which is laid by and laid up for that purpose; should the carcass, or any part of the carcass of a creeping thing fall upon an heap of it, into a vessel in which it was put, as a dead mouse or the like:
yet it shall be clean; be fit for use and sown in the earth; because being cast into the earth, and dying and quickening there, and then springing up again in stalk and ear, it would go through various changes before it became the food of man: the Targum of Jonathan describes it, such as is sown in its dryness, or being dry; for if it was wetted it was unfit for use, as follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Seed - Partly because this was necessary provision for…
Seed - Partly because this was necessary provision for man; and partly because such seed would not be used for man's food till it had received many alterations in the earth whereby such pollution was taken away.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 37. Any sowing seed] If any part of…
Verse 37. Any 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, Le 11:38. Probably this may be the meaning of these passages.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 37. Sowing seed — Since this contained an inherent…
37. Sowing seed — Since this contained an inherent principle of life it is also incapable of pollution. “The seed is the word,” the instrument of sanctification, and the great antiseptic for the world’s corruption.
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 37, 38. For the seed which is to be…
37, 38. For the seed which is to be sown, contact with swarming things may be disregarded; but if water be added (i.e. if it is put with water in a vessel for cooking), uncleanness will ensue.
A special case comes in Lev_11:39-40.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (37) And if any part of their carcase.—The principle…
(37) And if any part of their carcase.—The principle which underlies the immunity from pollution of living water is also at the basis of the exception of living plants. Hence if the carcase or a portion of a dead reptile is found among grain destined for sowing, the quantity of wheat in which it is discovered does not become defiled, since the growing plant constantly derives new elements from below and fresh moisture from above, thus undergoing as many changes in its way as spring water. The law therefore which obtained during the second Temple was as follows :—“Whatever is fixed in the ground does not contract defilement. Plants are not defiled till they are gathered.” Hence the ancient Chaldee version of Jonathan renders this verse: “If any part of their carcase falleth upon any seed that is sown in the manner in which it is commonly sown—that is, in its dry state—it is clean.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:37-38 Grain moistened with water was probably intended to…
11:37-38 Grain moistened with water was probably intended to be cooked for food; eating contaminated grain would be like eating a carcass. However, if the grain was sown, the new plant and the grain it bore were undefiled.
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