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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 11:28

And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Food;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Defilement;   Evening, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beasts;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Mouse;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preparation ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sparrow;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
King James Version
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Lexham English Bible
and the one who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening—they are unclean for you.
New Century Version
Anyone who picks up their dead bodies must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you.
New English Translation
and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
Amplified Bible
and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
New American Standard Bible
and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that beareth their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the euen: for such shalbe vncleane vnto you.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.
Complete Jewish Bible
and whoever picks up its carcass is to wash his clothes and be unclean until evening — these are unclean for you.
Darby Translation
And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you pick up the dead bodies of these unclean animals, you must wash your clothes. You will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
English Standard Version
and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who carries their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, because they are unclean to you.
Christian Standard Bible®
and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
Literal Translation
and he who lifts up their dead body shall wash his garments and shall be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he yt beareth their carcase, shall wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntyll the eue: For soch are vncleane vnto you.
American Standard Version
And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Bible in Basic English
Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that beareth the carkasse of them, shall washe his clothes, and be vncleane vntyll the euen: for such are vncleane vnto you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you.
King James Version (1611)
And he that beareth the carkasse of them, shall wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the Euen: they are vncleane vnto you.
English Revised Version
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Berean Standard Bible
and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he, that berith siche deed bodies, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be vnclene `til to euentid; for alle these thingis ben vnclene to you.
Young's Literal Translation
and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening -- unclean they [are] to you.
Update Bible Version
And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they [are] unclean to you.
World English Bible
He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
New King James Version
Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
New Living Translation
If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
New Life Bible
And he who picks up their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. They are unclean to you.
New Revised Standard
and the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that beareth away the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening, - unclean, they are unto you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.
Revised Standard Version
and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

Contextual Overview

20 And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you. 21 But these ye shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth. 22 And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like. 23 Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you. 24 And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening. 25 And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening. 26 And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening. 27 And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening. 28 And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you. 29 And these are unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beareth: Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25

shall wash: Leviticus 11:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:2 - touch Leviticus 11:39 - General Leviticus 11:40 - shall wash Leviticus 13:6 - wash Leviticus 14:46 - shall be unclean Leviticus 15:5 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:31
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
Nehemiah 9:7
Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, Leviticus 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unclean - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Leviticus 5:2.


 
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