“ ‘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.
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“ ‘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.
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And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die, he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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Cross-references (29)
- Leviticus 22:8 (v40) He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 44:31 (v40) The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.
- Deuteronomy 14:21 (v40) You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may…
- Exodus 22:31 (v40) “You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
- Ezekiel 4:14 (v40) Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which…
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- Leviticus 11:28 (vv39–40) He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:24 (v39) “ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 11:25 (v40) Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 11:31 (v39) 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 11:40 (v39) 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 14:8-9 (v40) “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 (v39) Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 15:5-10 (v40) Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. He who sits on anything on…
- Leviticus 15:7 (v39) “ ‘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 15:27 (v40) Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 16:26 (v40) “He who lets the goat go as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
- Leviticus 16:28 (v40) He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
- Leviticus 17:15-16 (v40) “ ‘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 19:7-8 (v40) Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest…
- Numbers 19:11 (v39) “He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 19:16 (v39) “Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven…
- Numbers 19:19 (v40) 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…
- Isaiah 1:16 (v40) Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
- Ezekiel 36:25 (v40) I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.
- Zechariah 13:1 (v40) “In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 (v40) Some of you were such, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the…
- 1 Corinthians 10:21 (v40) You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
- 1 John 1:7 (v40) 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…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv39–40 Lev 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye…
Lev 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Ver. 39. Of which ye may.] Compare Psa 49:12, pecoribus morticinis. - Tremel.
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 vv39–40 If any beast die; either of itself, or being…
If any beast die; either of itself, or being killed by some wild beast, in which cases the blood was not poured forth, as it was when they were killed by men either for food or sacrifice.
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 vv39–40 And if any beast of which ye may eat…
And if any beast of which ye may eat die,.... Any clean beast, as the ox, sheep, goat, deer, &c. what, if rightly killed, is very lawful to eat of; but if it died of itself through any distemper, or was torn by the wild beasts, so the Targum of Jonathan:
he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even; not the bones, nerves, horns, hoofs, or skin, as Jarchi observes; these might be handled, because some of them, at least, were wrought up into one instrument or another, by artificers, for use and service, but the flesh of them might not be touched; whoever did touch it was ceremonially unclean, and might not go into the sanctuary, or have conversation with men, until the evening of the day in which this was done.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv39–40 If any beast die - Either of itself, or…
If any beast die - Either of itself, or being killed by some wild beast, in which cases the blood was not poured forth, as it was when they were killed by men either for food or sacrifice.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v39 Lev 11:39-42. If any beast die — Either of…
Lev 11:39-42. If any beast die — Either of itself, or being killed by some wild beast, in which cases the blood was not poured forth, as it was when they were killed by men either for food or sacrifice. He that eateth — Unwittingly, for if he did it knowingly, it was a presumptuous sin against an express law, (Deu 14:21,) and therefore punished as such. Every creeping thing — Except those expressly excepted, Lev 11:29-30. Upon the belly — As worms and snakes. Upon all four — As toads and divers serpents.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv39–40 Beast die a natural death, or be suffocated, or…
Beast die a natural death, or be suffocated, or be slain by a wild beast. (Calmet)
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 On v39 39. If any beast… die — The prohibition of…
39. If any beast… die — The prohibition of the flesh of clean animals which have died is founded on sanitary grounds. When the blood is not drawn from the veins the flesh becomes corrupt and poisonous.
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 vv39–40 39. The carcase even of a clean beast causes…
39. The carcase even of a clean beast causes uncleanness.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv39–40 (39) And if any beast.—That is, a clean animal,…
(39) And if any beast.—That is, a clean animal, which is both bisulcous and ruminant, but which has not been properly slaughtered, having died from any disease or accident. During the second Temple, the law here enacted was restricted to quadrupeds, domestic or wild, but was not applicable to birds and fishes.
He that toucheth the carcase.—The carcase, in this case, is to be regarded as the dead body of an unclean animal (see Lev_11:24-28), and defiles by contact. (See also Lev_17:15.) This, however, only applies to the flesh of the quadruped. The skin, the bones, the sinews, the horns, and the claws are clean, the sacred Scriptures even being written on the prepared skins; and the horns used for the trumpets or horns of the sanctuary, according to the canons of the Pharisees, whilst the Samaritans and the Sadducees regarded them as polluting.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v39 Vers. 39, 40. The loathsomeness of the bodies of…
Vers. 39, 40. The loathsomeness of the bodies of even clean animals that have died a natural death, makes them also the means of conveying defilement to any one who touches them.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v39 he who touches the carcass will be unclean until…
he who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening
A person who is unacceptable for God's purposes because he touches the body of a dead animal is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
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until evening
"until sunset"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v39 11:39-40 Israelites were not to consume blood (7:26). They…
11:39-40 Israelites were not to consume blood (7:26). They could eat an animal only after the blood had been drained and properly disposed of (17:13). The undrained blood of an otherwise clean animal that died of natural causes rendered it unclean. An Israelite was permitted to give or sell such an animal to foreigners (Deut 14:21) but not to eat it.
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