Leviticus 11:34
in Leviticus 11Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
KJV
Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
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.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
That on which such water cometh - That flesh or herbs or other food which is dressed in water, in a vessel so polluted, shall be unclean; not so, if it be food which is eaten dry, as bread, or fruits; the reason of which difference seems to be this, that the water did sooner receive the pollution in itself, and convey it to the food so dressed.
Of all meat which may be eaten,....
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִכָּל־ | mikol | any of all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאֹ֜כֶל | haokhel | the food | H400 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֵאָכֵ֗ל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָב֥וֹא | yavo' | it will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַ֖יִם | mayim | water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| יִטְמָ֑א | yitma' | it will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַשְׁקֶה֙ | mashkeh | drink | H4945 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִשָּׁתֶ֔ה | yishateh | it is drunk | H8354 → | |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלִ֖י | keli | vessel | H3627 → | 325 times |
| יִטְמָֽא׃ | yitma' | it will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
מִכָּל־any of all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
הָאֹ֜כֶלthe food
haokhelH400 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֵאָכֵ֗לit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָב֥וֹאit will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
עָלָ֛יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
מַ֖יִםwater
mayimH4325 →581 times
יִטְמָ֑אit will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 times
וְכָל־and any
vekholH3605 →5413 times
מַשְׁקֶה֙drink
mashkehH4945 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִשָּׁתֶ֔הit is drunk
yishatehH8354 →
בְּכָל־in every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
כְּלִ֖יvessel
keliH3627 →325 times
יִטְמָֽא׃it will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 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
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Proverbs 15:29
Through
Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
it leads to
- Romans 14:14
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
- 1 Corinthians 10:23
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- Romans 14:14
Through
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
it leads to
- Job 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Job 27:16–17
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.