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JPS Old Testament

Leviticus 11:31

These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Creeping Things;   Defilement;   Food;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Reptiles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beasts;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Creeping Things;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dead;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
King James Version
These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Lexham English Bible
These are the unclean for you among all the swarmers; anyone who touches them at their death shall become unclean until the evening.
New Century Version
These crawling animals are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
New English Translation
These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.
Amplified Bible
'These [creatures] are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
New American Standard Bible
'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These shall be vncleane to you among all that creepe: whosoeuer doeth touch them when they be dead, shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
Contemporary English Version
Anyone who touches their dead bodies or anything touched by their dead bodies becomes unclean until evening.
Complete Jewish Bible
They are unclean crawling creatures; whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.
Darby Translation
These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
English Standard Version
These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
George Lamsa Translation
These are unclean to you among all that creep; whosoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
Good News Translation
Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
Christian Standard Bible®
These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.
Literal Translation
These are unclean to you among all which swarm; anyone who touches them in their death is unclean until the evening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
these are vncleane vnto you amonge all that crepe. Who so euer toucheth the deed carcase of the, shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen.
American Standard Version
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Bible in Basic English
All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are vncleane to you among all that creepe: whosoeuer doth touche them when they be dead, shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen.
King James Version (1611)
These are vncleane to you among all that creepe: whosoeuer doth touch them when they bee dead, shall be vncleane vntill the Euen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.
English Revised Version
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Berean Standard Bible
These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle these ben vnclene; he that touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be vnclene `til to euentid;
Young's Literal Translation
these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.
Update Bible Version
These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
Webster's Bible Translation
These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
World English Bible
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
New King James Version
These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
New Living Translation
All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.
New Life Bible
These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
New Revised Standard
These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, are they which are unclean to you among all that creep, - whosoever toucheth them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening;
Douay-Rheims Bible
All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
These are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

Contextual Overview

20 All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth; 22 even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds. 23 But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you. 24 And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, but is not cloven footed, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you; whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you. 29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:2 - touch Leviticus 11:39 - General Numbers 19:11 - toucheth the dead 1 Samuel 20:26 - he is not clean

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Genesis 11:3
And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Genesis 11:4
And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'
Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:28
And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 15:7
And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master's in his hand; and he arose, and went to Aram-naharaim, unto the city of Nahor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These are unclean to you of all that creep,.... Unfit for food, and not to be touched, at least when dead, as in the next clause, that is, these eight sorts of creeping things before mentioned, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, and these only, as Maimonides says r:

whosoever doth touch them when they are dead shall be unclean until the even; for touching them while alive did not defile, only when dead; and this the Jews interpret, while they are in the case in which they died, that is, while they are moist; for, as Ben Gersom says, if they are so dry, as that they cannot return to their moisture, they do not defile; for which reason, neither the bones, nor nails, nor nerves, nor skin of these creeping things, defile; but, they say s, while the back bone is whole, and the bones cleave to it, then a creeping thing is reckoned moist, and while it is so it defiles.

r Hilchot, Abot Hatumaot, c. 4. sect. 14. s Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Niddah, c. 7. sect. 1.


 
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