Leviticus 11:24
in Leviticus 11These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;
KJV
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Lev 5:2.
This site's exposition
And for these ye shall be unclean
on Leviticus 11:24-28
From here the subject is touching rather than eating, and what follows is a state rather than a punishment. The man is unclean until the even, and where he carried the carcase he washes his clothes, so time and water end it without a priest and without a sacrifice. Leviticus 5:2 takes up the case of a man who touches an unclean carcase and does not know it, and there guilt and an offering follow. Verse 27 extends the rule to beasts that go upon their paws, which Adam Clarke reads as the animals whose feet work like hands, apes and dogs and bears among them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And for these ye shalt be unclean,....
But the uncleanness continued only till the evening, to signify that all ceremonial pollutions were to come to an end by the death of Christ in the evening of the world. And we must learn, by daily renewing our repentance every night for the sins of the day, to cleanse ourselves from the pollution we contract by them, that we may not lie down in our uncleanness.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאֵ֖לֶּה | uleeleh | and to these | H428 → | 746 times |
| תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ | titamau | you will make yourselves unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | hanogea' | <the> [one who] touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם | benivlatam | <in> carcass their | H5038 → | 48 times |
| יִטְמָ֥א | yitma' | he will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הָעָֽרֶב׃ | haarev | the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
וּלְאֵ֖לֶּהand to these
uleelehH428 →746 times
תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּyou will make yourselves unclean
titamauH2930 →162 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ<the> [one who] touches
hanogea'H5060 →150 times
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם<in> carcass their
benivlatamH5038 →48 times
יִטְמָ֥אhe will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הָעָֽרֶב׃the evening
haarevH6153 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Psalms 1:1–3
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Numbers 16:26
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Isaiah 52:11
Through
Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:20
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- 1 Peter 1:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.