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Leviticus 11:39-40

Clean and Unclean Creatures: Holiness in Daily Life

The LORD instructs Moses and Aaron concerning clean and unclean land animals, water creatures, birds, flying insects, swarming creatures, carcass contamination, household impurity, and the theological purpose of these distinctions: Israel must be holy because the LORD is holy.

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39 If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40 Whoever 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.

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Verse 39

Cross-references

Ezekiel 4:14 Classic cross-references Leviticus 22:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

If וְכִ֤י H3588 Conjunction an מִן־ H4480 Preposition animal הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה H929 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative . . . הִ֥יא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular you לָכֶ֖ם Preposition | second person masculine plural may eat לְאָכְלָ֑ה H402 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular dies יָמוּת֙ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular anyone who touches הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ H5060 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the carcass בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ H5038 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular will be unclean יִטְמָ֥א H2930 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition evening הָעָֽרֶב׃ H6153 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 40

Cross-references

Ezekiel 44:31 Classic cross-references Leviticus 22:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 14:21 Classic cross-references Leviticus 11:25 Classic cross-references Exodus 22:31 Classic cross-references

Original words

Whoever eats וְהָֽאֹכֵל֙ H398 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular from the carcass מִנִּבְלָתָ֔הּ H5038 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular must wash יְכַבֵּ֥ס H3526 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his clothes בְּגָדָ֖יו H899 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and will be unclean וְטָמֵ֣א H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition evening הָעָ֑רֶב H6153 Article | Noun - masculine singular and anyone who picks up וְהַנֹּשֵׂא֙ H5375 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the carcass נִבְלָתָ֔הּ H5038 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular must wash יְכַבֵּ֥ס H3526 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his clothes בְּגָדָ֖יו H899 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and will be unclean וְטָמֵ֥א H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition evening הָעָֽרֶב׃ H6153 Article | Noun - masculine singular

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