Leviticus 11:24

THE MESSAGE

"You will make yourselves ritually unclean until evening if you touch their carcasses. If you pick up one of their carcasses you must wash your clothes and you'll be unclean until evening.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

King James Version
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

Lexham English Bible
And by these you shall become unclean—anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening,

New Century Version
Those insects will make you unclean, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these insects will become unclean until evening.

New English Translation
"‘By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

Amplified Bible
'By [contact with] these you will become unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening (dusk),

New American Standard Bible
'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For by such ye shalbe polluted: whosoeuer toucheth their carkeis, shalbe vncleane vnto the euening.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Contemporary English Version
Don't even touch the dead bodies of animals that have divided hoofs but don't chew the cud. And don't touch the dead bodies of animals that have paws. If you do, you must wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘The following will make you unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them will be unclean until evening,

Darby Translation
And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Easy-to-Read Version
They will make you unclean. If you touch the dead bodies of these insects, you will become unclean until evening.

English Standard Version
"And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

George Lamsa Translation
And by these you shall be unclean; whosoever touches their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.

Good News Translation
If you touch the dead bodies of the following animals, you will be unclean until evening: all animals with hoofs, unless their hoofs are divided and they chew the cud, and all four-footed animals with paws. If you carry their dead bodies, you must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening.

Christian Standard Bible®
“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Literal Translation
And by these you shall be made unclean; any who touches their dead body is unclean until the evening.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye shal take it for vncleane. Who so euer toucheth the carcase of soch, shall be vncleane vntill ye euen:

American Standard Version
And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

Bible in Basic English
By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In such ye be vncleane: and whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of them, shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.

King James Version (1611)
And for these ye shalbe vncleane: whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of them, shall be vncleane vntill the euen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.

English Revised Version
And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even:

Berean Standard Bible
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and who euer touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be defoulid, and `schal be vnclene `til to euentid;

Young's Literal Translation
`And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

Update Bible Version
And by these you shall become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening;

Webster's Bible Translation
And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

World English Bible
"'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

New King James Version
"By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;

New Living Translation
"The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.

New Life Bible
‘If you touch these you will be unclean. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

New Revised Standard
By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, for these, shall ye count yourselves unclean - whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the evening;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled: and shall be unclean until the evening:

Revised Standard Version
"And by these you shall become unclean; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Contextual Overview

²⁰"All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. But you can eat some of these, namely, those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground: all locusts, katydids, crickets, and grasshoppers. But all the other flying insects that have four legs you are to detest. ²⁴"You will make yourselves ritually unclean until evening if you touch their carcasses. If you pick up one of their carcasses you must wash your clothes and you'll be unclean until evening. ²⁶ "Every animal that has a split hoof that's not completely divided, or that doesn't chew the cud is unclean for you; if you touch the carcass of any of them you become unclean. ²⁷"Every four-footed animal that goes on its paws is unclean for you; if you touch its carcass you are unclean until evening. If you pick up its carcass you must wash your clothes and are unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. ²⁹"Among the creatures that crawl on the ground, the following are unclean for you: weasel, rat, all lizards, gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skink, chameleon. Among the crawling creatures, these are unclean for you. If you touch them when they are dead, you are ritually unclean until evening. When one of them dies and falls on something, that becomes unclean no matter what it's used for, whether it's made of wood, cloth, hide, or sackcloth. Put it in the water—it's unclean until evening, and then it's clean. If one of these dead creatures falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot is unclean and you must break the pot. Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk from it is unclean. Anything that one of these carcasses falls on is unclean—an oven or cooking pot must be broken up; they're unclean and must be treated as unclean. A spring, though, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but if you touch one of these carcasses you're ritually unclean. If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean. But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, you must treat it as unclean. ³⁹"If an animal that you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass is ritually unclean until evening. If you eat some of the carcass you must wash your clothes and you are unclean until evening. If you pick up the carcass you must wash your clothes and are unclean until evening. ⁴¹"Creatures that crawl on the ground are detestable and not to be eaten. Don't eat creatures that crawl on the ground, whether on their belly or on all fours or on many feet—they are detestable. Don't make yourselves unclean or be defiled by them, because I am your God .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:27, Leviticus 11:28, Leviticus 11:31, Leviticus 11:38-40, Leviticus 17:15, Leviticus 17:16, Isaiah 22:14, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 2:1-3, Ephesians 5:11, Colossians 2:16, Colossians 2:17, Colossians 2:20, Hebrews 9:26, 1 John 1:7

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:2 - touch Leviticus 7:19 - General Leviticus 7:21 - any unclean Leviticus 11:39 - General Leviticus 14:46 - shall be unclean Leviticus 22:5 - whosoever Leviticus 22:6 - General 1 Samuel 20:26 - he is not clean

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for these ye shalt be unclean,.... That is, for eating them; or should they eat them they would be unclean:

whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; not only he was unclean that ate them, but he that even touched their dead bodies was reckoned unclean; might not go into the tabernacle, nor have conversation with men, nor eat of the holy things, which were forbid men in any uncleanness; and though there is no mention of his washing himself, it may be understood, this being a short or concise way of speaking, as Aben Ezra observes; who adds, that it was necessary that he should wash himself in water; which was typical of washing and cleansing by the grace and blood of Christ, without which a man cannot be cleansed from the least sin, and pollution by it; and may signify that during the legal dispensation there was no proper cleansing from sin, until the evening of the world, when Christ came and shed his blood for the cleansing of it.

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.