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Leviticus 11:32

in Leviticus 11

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

KJV

And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

This verse in Leviticus 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Any vessel of wood - Such as the wooden bowls still in use among the Arabs. Or raiment, or skin - any trunks or baskets covered with skins, another part of the furniture of an Arab tent; the goat-skins, in which they churn their milk, may be also intended. Or sack - any hair-cloth used for the purpose of transporting goods from place to place.

This site's exposition

shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things

on Leviticus 11:29-35

Eight small creatures are named, and then the rule moves from the animal to whatever it falls on when it is dead. A wooden vessel, a garment, a skin or a sack goes into water and is clean at evening, and an earthen vessel is broken instead. An oven or a set of ranges for pots is broken down on the same ground, so a thing fired out of clay is destroyed where a thing of wood is washed. The chapter states that difference between materials and leaves it unexplained.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This is a matter of essential importance in the East, where venomous reptiles often creep into houses and are found lurking in boxes, vessels, or holes in the wall; and the carcass of one of them, or a dead mouse, mole, lizard, or other unclean animal, might be inadvertently touched by the hand, or fall on clothes, skin bottles, or any article of common domestic use.

The words behind it

28 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.

  • וְכֹ֣לand all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • יִפֹּל־it will fall

    yipol-H5307435 times

  • עָלָיו֩on it

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • מֵהֶ֨ם׀any of <the> them

    mehem

  • בְּמֹתָ֜םin death their

    bemotamH4194156 times

  • יִטְמָ֗אit will be unclean

    yitma'H2930162 times

  • מִכָּל־from every

    mikolH36055413 times

  • כְּלִי־vessel of

    keli-H3627325 times

  • עֵץ֙wood

    ʾetzH6086328 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176321 times

  • בֶ֤גֶדa garment

    vegedH899217 times

  • אוֹ־or

    ʾov-H176321 times

  • עוֹר֙a hide

    ʾorH578599 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176321 times

  • שָׂ֔קsackcloth

    sakH8242

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H36055413 times

  • כְּלִ֕יvessel

    keliH3627325 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • יֵעָשֶׂ֥הit will be done

    yeasehH62132628 times

  • מְלָאכָ֖הa work

    melakhahH4399167 times

  • בָּהֶ֑םin <the> them

    bahem

  • בַּמַּ֧יִםin <the> water

    bamayimH4325581 times

  • יוּבָ֛אit will be put

    yuva'H9352568 times

  • וְטָמֵ֥אand it will be unclean

    vetame'H2930162 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H57041261 times

  • הָעֶ֖רֶבthe evening

    haerevH6153134 times

  • וְטָהֵֽר׃and it will be pure

    vetaherH289194 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 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

    Titus 3:5

    He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 2:8–9

      For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

    • 2 Timothy 1:9

      He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

    • 1 Corinthians 6:11

      And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

    • 1 Peter 3:21

      And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

    • 1 Peter 1:3

      Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Through

    Titus 2:14

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 9:14

      how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

    • Ephesians 2:10

      For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.