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

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.

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Verse 39

Cross-references

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

Original words

Ifוְכִ֤יH3588Conjunctionanמִן־H4480Prepositionanimalהַבְּהֵמָ֔הH929Article | Noun - feminine singularthatאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relative. . .הִ֥יאH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularyouלָכֶ֖םPreposition | second person masculine pluralmay eatלְאָכְלָ֑הH402Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singulardiesיָמוּת֙H4191Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularanyone who touchesהַנֹּגֵ֥עַH5060Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe carcassבְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּH5038Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularwill be uncleanיִטְמָ֥אH2930Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularuntilעַד־H5704Prepositioneveningהָעָֽרֶב׃H6153Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 40

Cross-references

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

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Whoever eatsוְהָֽאֹכֵל֙H398Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularfrom the carcassמִנִּבְלָתָ֔הּH5038Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularmust washיְכַבֵּ֥סH3526Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis clothesבְּגָדָ֖יוH899Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularand will be uncleanוְטָמֵ֣אH2930Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularuntilעַד־H5704Prepositioneveningהָעָ֑רֶבH6153Article | Noun - masculine singularand anyone who picks upוְהַנֹּשֵׂא֙H5375Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe carcassנִבְלָתָ֔הּH5038Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularmust washיְכַבֵּ֥סH3526Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis clothesבְּגָדָ֖יוH899Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularand will be uncleanוְטָמֵ֥אH2930Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularuntilעַד־H5704Prepositioneveningהָעָֽרֶב׃H6153Article | Noun - masculine singular

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