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Leviticus 11:33

in Leviticus 11

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

KJV

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

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This verse in Leviticus 11

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And every earthen vessel - Such pitchers as are commonly used for drinking out of, and for holding liquids. M. De la Roque observes that hair-sacks, trunks, and baskets, covered with skin, are used among the travelling Arabs to carry their household utensils in, which are kettles or pots, great wooden bowls, hand-mills, and pitchers. It is very likely that these are nearly the same with those used by the Israelites in their journeyings in the wilderness, for the customs of these people do not change.

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 Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This taught them carefully to avoid every thing that was polluting, even in their common actions. Not only the vessels of the sanctuary, but every pot in Jerusalem and Judah, must be holiness to the Lord, Zech. xiv.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

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.
Earthen vessel - See the marginal references.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וְכָל־and every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • כְּלִי־vessel of

    keli-H3627 →325 times

  • חֶ֔רֶשׂearthenware

    cheresH2789 →17 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יִפֹּ֥לit will fall

    yipolH5307 →435 times

  • מֵהֶ֖םany of <the> them

    mehem

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • תּוֹכ֑וֹ[the] middle of it

    tokhoH8432 →418 times

  • כֹּ֣לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֧רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּתוֹכ֛וֹ[is] in [the] midst of it

    betokhoH8432 →418 times

  • יִטְמָ֖אit will be unclean

    yitma'H2930 →162 times

  • וְאֹת֥וֹand <obj.> it

    veotoH853 →10935 times

  • תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃you will break

    tishboruH7665 →147 times

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

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 6:28The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.6 worksLeviticus 15:12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.3 works2 Corinthians 5:1–8Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.2 worksLeviticus 11:35Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.2 worksPhilippians 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.2 worksJeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 14:45It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.2 worksLeviticus 13:52He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.2 works

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

    Philippians 3:21

    who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 3:2

      Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…

    • Colossians 3:4

      When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:42–56

      So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

    • Romans 8:29

      For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

    • John 11:24–26

      Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

  • Through

    Leviticus 15:12

    Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 6:28

      The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 11:32–33

      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…

  • Through

    Leviticus 6:28

    The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 15:12

      Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

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; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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