But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
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But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
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But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
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But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He speaketh of seed that is laid to sleep…
He speaketh of seed that is laid to sleep before it be sown.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 11:38 But if [any] water be put upon…
Lev 11:38 But if [any] water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you.
Ver. 38. It shall be unclean.] And therefore not to be eaten, but given to beasts.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The reason of the difference is, partly because wet…
The reason of the difference is, partly because wet seed doth sooner receive and longer retain any pollution; and partly because such seed was not fit to be sown presently; and therefore that necessity which justified the use of the dry seed, which was speedily to be sown, could not be pretended in this case.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if any water be put upon the seed,....…
But if any water be put upon the seed,.... Either accidentally or on purpose; whether on sowing seed, and with water with which they water the field, as Aben Ezra interprets it; or on seed used for food, by steeping it in water, as sometimes wheat is, and boiled; and whether it is water or the rest of the liquors, and whether they are put on the seed, or the seed falls into them, it matters not, as Jarchi says:
and any part of their carcass fall thereon; that is, on the seed, though Aben Ezra observes, some say upon the water: the Targum of Jonathan adds, in its moisture, or while it is wet; and so may be thought to be more susceptible of impurity from the touch of a dead reptile, or any part of it, and which would render it unfit for sowing or eating, until it was dried and cleansed; yea, Jarchi says, if it falls thereon, even after it is dried:
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it shall be unclean unto you; unfit for use.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain If any water - The reason of the difference…
If any water - The reason of the difference is, because wet seed doth sooner receive, and longer retain any pollution and partly because such seed was not fit to be sown presently, and therefore that necessity which justified the use of the dry seed, could not be pretended in this case.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 11:38. If any water be on the seed,…
Lev 11:38. If any water be on the seed, &c. — Bishop Kidder observes, the meaning is, If water be put upon the seed to prepare it for food; thus distinguishing it from seed that was intended to be sown. But others have thought the reason of the difference to be, partly that wet seed sooner receives, and longer retains, any pollution than dry, and partly because such seed was not fit to be sown presently, and therefore that necessity which justified the immediate use of the dry seed, could not be pretended in this case.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Defiled, and given to the beasts. (Menochius)
Defiled, and given to the beasts. (Menochius)
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).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (38) But if any water be put upon the…
(38) But if any water be put upon the seed.—The case, however, is different when the grain is moistened, because the fluid softens the corn, and thus enables the defilement of the carcase to penetrate into its very fibres. The wet corn therefore is regarded in the same light as porous clay vessels which become saturated with defilement, and must be broken. (Comp. Lev_6:28.) By water, according to the rule which obtained during the second Temple, the seven liquids mentioned in Lev_11:34 are meant.
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