Leviticus 11:39
in Leviticus 11If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
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ASV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
KJV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIf any beast die - Either of itself, or being killed by some wild beast, in which cases the blood was not poured forth, as it was when they were killed by men either for food or sacrifice.
This site's exposition
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die
on Leviticus 11:39-43
An animal a man may lawfully eat still defiles the one who touches it when it dies of itself, so cleanness belongs to the living beast and ends with it. From verse 41 the ground itself is closed, and everything that creeps on it is put out of the diet. Verse 42 marks out whatsoever goeth upon the belly, which repeats the words spoken over the serpent at Genesis 3:14, and the chapter draws no line between the two places.
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The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִ֤י | vekhi | and if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָמוּת֙ | yamut | it will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| מִן־ | min- | any of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה | habehemah | the livestock | H929 → | 190 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִ֥יא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| לְאָכְלָ֑ה | leokhlah | to food | H402 → | |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | hanogea' | who [-ever] touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ | benivlatah | <in> carcass its | H5038 → | 48 times |
| יִטְמָ֥א | yitma' | he will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הָעָֽרֶב׃ | haarev | the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
וְכִ֤יand if
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
יָמוּת֙it will die
yamutH4191 →839 times
מִן־any of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַבְּהֵמָ֔הthe livestock
habehemahH929 →190 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִ֥יאit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
לָכֶ֖ם[belongs] to <the> you
lakhem
לְאָכְלָ֑הto food
leokhlahH402 →
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַwho [-ever] touches
hanogea'H5060 →150 times
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ<in> carcass its
benivlatahH5038 →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.
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 11:40Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:31
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are…
- Ezekiel 44:31
Through
Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean…
it leads to
- Numbers 31:19
All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both…
- Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Numbers 19:11
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 31:19
Through
Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:25
and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 17:15
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
- Leviticus 11:25
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About Leviticus
This page draws on 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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.