Leviticus 11:35
in Leviticus 11Anything 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.
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ASV
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
KJV
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See Lev 2:4. The word rendered “ranges for pots” has been conjectured to mean either an excavated fireplace, fitted to receive a pair of ovens, or a support like a pair of andirons.
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 everything whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A 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.
Ranges for pots - To understand this, we must observe that the Arabs dig a hole in their tent, about a foot and a half deep; three-fourths of this, says Rauwolff, they lay about with stones, and the fourth part is left open for the purpose of throwing in their fuel. This little temporary building is probably what is here designed by ranges for pots; and this was to be broken down when any unclean thing had fallen upon it. See Harmer, vol. 1., p. 464.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְ֠כֹל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִפֹּ֨ל | yipol | it will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| מִנִּבְלָתָ֥ם׀ | minivlatam | any of carcass their | H5038 → | 48 times |
| עָלָיו֮ | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִטְמָא֒ | yitma' | it will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| תַּנּ֧וּר | tanur | an oven | H8574 → | 15 times |
| וְכִירַ֛יִם | vekhirayim | and a stove | H3600 → | |
| יֻתָּ֖ץ | yutatz | it will be broken up | H5422 → | |
| טְמֵאִ֣ים | temeim | [are] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| הֵ֑ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| וּטְמֵאִ֖ים | utemeim | and unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| יִהְי֥וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to <the> you |
וְ֠כֹלand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִפֹּ֨לit will fall
yipolH5307 →435 times
מִנִּבְלָתָ֥ם׀any of carcass their
minivlatamH5038 →48 times
עָלָיו֮on it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
יִטְמָא֒it will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 times
תַּנּ֧וּרan oven
tanurH8574 →15 times
וְכִירַ֛יִםand a stove
vekhirayimH3600 →
יֻתָּ֖ץit will be broken up
yutatzH5422 →
טְמֵאִ֣ים[are] unclean
temeimH2931 →88 times
הֵ֑םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
וּטְמֵאִ֖יםand unclean
utemeimH2931 →88 times
יִהְי֥וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you
lakhem
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
Leviticus 15:12Any 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.
- 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.
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…
- Proverbs 3:21
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
Now 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.
- Leviticus 6:28
Through
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.
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.
- Leviticus 11:33
If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
- Hebrews 9:9–10
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- Leviticus 15:12
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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) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
