Leviticus 11:28
in Leviticus 11and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
KJV
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
These creatures will make you unclean
on Leviticus 11:24-28
From here the subject is touching a carcass. The man washes his clothes and is unclean until evening, with no sacrifice. Leviticus 5:2 takes up the man who touches a carcass unaware, and there guilt and an offering follow.
This site's exposition
anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes
John Gill ties this rule to verse 25, where the same terms covered winged creeping things. He notes that it bound every Israelite alike, men, women and children. The closing words again tie the status to Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he that beareth the carcass of them,.... Carries it upon any account, from place to place: shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; as he that bore the carcasses of any of the flying creeping things, Lev 11:25. they are unclean to you; even the carcasses of the one and of the other; and to all the Israelites, men, women, and children, as Aben Ezra observes.
But the uncleanness continued only till the evening, to signify that all ceremonial pollutions were to come to an end by the death of Christ in the evening of the world. And we must learn, by daily renewing our repentance every night for the sins of the day, to cleanse ourselves from the pollution we contract by them, that we may not lie down in our uncleanness.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַנֹּשֵׂא֙ | vehanose' | and who [-ever] carries | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִבְלָתָ֔ם | nivlatam | carcass their | H5038 → | 48 times |
| יְכַבֵּ֥ס | yekhabes | he will wash | H3526 → | 51 times |
| בְּגָדָ֖יו | begadav | garments his | H899 → | 217 times |
| וְטָמֵ֣א | vetame' | and he will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הָעָ֑רֶב | haarev | the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| טְמֵאִ֥ים | temeim | [are] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| הֵ֖מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ ס | lakhem | to <the> you |
וְהַנֹּשֵׂא֙and who [-ever] carries
vehanose'H5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִבְלָתָ֔םcarcass their
nivlatamH5038 →48 times
יְכַבֵּ֥סhe will wash
yekhabesH3526 →51 times
בְּגָדָ֖יוgarments his
begadavH899 →217 times
וְטָמֵ֣אand he will be unclean
vetame'H2930 →162 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הָעָ֑רֶבthe evening
haarevH6153 →134 times
טְמֵאִ֥ים[are] unclean
temeimH2931 →88 times
הֵ֖מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
לָכֶֽם׃ סto <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.