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Leviticus 11:27

in Leviticus 11

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Leviticus 11

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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, etc.

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 Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Upon his paws - Hebrew. upon his hands, that is, which hath feet divided into several parts like fingers, as dogs, cats, apes, and bears.
Whatsoever goeth upon his paws,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְכֹ֣ל׀and any

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הוֹלֵ֣ךְ[one which] walks

    holekhH1980 →1546 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כַּפָּ֗יוpaws its

    kapavH3709 →192 times

  • בְּכָל־among every

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַֽחַיָּה֙<the> living creature

    hachaiyahH2416 →498 times

  • הַהֹלֶ֣כֶתwhich walks

    haholekhetH1980 →1546 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַרְבַּ֔עfour [feet]

    ʾarba'H702 →318 times

  • טְמֵאִ֥ים[are] unclean

    temeimH2931 →88 times

  • הֵ֖םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • לָכֶ֑םto <the> you

    lakhem

  • 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.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 11:20

    All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

    it leads to

    • Jude 1:10

      These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

    • 2 Timothy 4:10

      because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

    • Deuteronomy 14:19

      All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

    • 1 John 2:15–17

      Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    • Leviticus 11:23

      All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 11 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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