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Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:39

In 11 translations

BSB
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
KJV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
WEB
“‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
ASV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
LSV
And when any of the beasts which are for food for you dies, he who is coming against its carcass is unclean until the evening;
YLT
'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;
DBY
And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
DRC
If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening:
GNV
If also any beast, whereof ye may eate, die, he that toucheth the carkeis thereof shall be vncleane vntil the euen.
JPS
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die, he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
LXXE
And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְכִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָ֑ה הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ τῶν κτηνῶν, ὅ ἐστιν ὑμῖν φαγεῖν τοῦτο, ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν, ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 11:28and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
  • Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
  • Leviticus 11:31These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
  • 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.
  • 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 for seven days.
  • Leviticus 15:7Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  • Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
  • Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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