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Complete Jewish Bible

Leviticus 11:28

and whoever picks up its carcass is to wash his clothes and be unclean until evening — these are unclean for 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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to 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 "‘All winged swarming creatures that go on all fours are a detestable thing for you; 21 except that of all winged swarming creatures that go on all fours, you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, enabling them to jump off the ground. 22 Specifically, of these you may eat the various kinds of locusts, grasshoppers, katydids and crickets. 23 But other than that, all winged swarming creatures having four feet are a detestable thing for you. 24 "‘The following will make you unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them will be unclean until evening, 25 and whoever picks up any part of their carcass is to wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 every animal that has a separate but incompletely divided hoof or that doesn't chew the cud is unclean for you; anyone who touches them will become unclean. 27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, is unclean for you; whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until evening; 28 and whoever picks up its carcass is to wash his clothes and be unclean until evening — these are unclean for you. 29 "‘The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that swarm on the ground: the weasel, the mouse, the various kinds of lizards,

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
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:31
Terach took his son Avram, his son Haran's son Lot, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Avram's wife; and they left Ur of the Kasdim to go to the land of Kena‘an. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there.
Genesis 15:7
(vi) Then he said to him, "I am Adonai , who brought you out from Ur-Kasdim to give you this land as your possession."
Nehemiah 9:7
"‘You are Adonai , the God who chose Avram, brought him out of Ur-Kasdim and gave him the name of Avraham.

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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