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If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>The carcases</i> of every beast which divideth the hoof, and <i>is</i> not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, <i>are</i> unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>The carcass</i> of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, <i>is</i> unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for all the animals which have a divided hoof but do not show a split <i>hoof,</i> or do not chew the cud, they are unclean to you; whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof, but do not make a split <i>hoof</i>, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split <i>hoof</i> or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof, but do not have a split hoof, or which do not chew the cud, they are unclean to you; whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />All animals whose hoofs are not completely divided or that don't chew their cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Any animal that has divided hooves and is cloven-footed but doesn't chew the cud is unclean for you. Anyone who touches them is unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean to you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and is not bringing up the cud—they [are] unclean to you; anyone who is coming against them is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For all cattle of which it is cleaving the cloven foot and not splitting the cleft, and not bringing up rumination, they are unclean to you; every one touching upon them shall be unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Every animal that certainly has a hoof, but which is not divided, nor does it chew over again, shall be unclean. And whoever will have touched it shall be contaminated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />by all hoofed animals that are not cloven-footed or do not chew the cud; they are unclean for you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Every animal that has divided hoofs but is not cleft-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean for you; everyone who touches one of them shall be unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you; every one who touches them shall be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And every beast that cleaves its hoof and is not divided in two and does not chew cud is defiled to you and everyone that will touch them shall be defiled until evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Every beast which parteth the hoof, but is not cloven footed, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you; every one that to toucheth them shall be unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2567" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8157.htm" title="8157: wə·še·sa‘ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Cleft. From shaca'; a fissure."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6541.htm" title="6541: par·sāh (N-fs) -- A hoof. Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof.">hooves</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nāh (Adv:: 3fs) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6536.htm" title="6536: map̄·re·seṯ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fs) -- To break in two, divide. A primitive root; to break in pieces, i.e. to split, distribute.">completely divided</a> <a href="/hebrew/8156.htm" title="8156: šō·sa·‘aṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To divide, cleave. A primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nāh (Adv:: 3fs) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">or that does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ma·‘ă·lāh (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">chew</a> <a href="/hebrew/1625.htm" title="1625: wə·ḡê·rāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Cud. From garar; the cud.">the cud</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭə·mê·’îm (Adj-mp) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">is unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Whoever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: han·nō·ḡê·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">any of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: yiṭ·mā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">will be unclean.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-7.htm">Deuteronomy 14:7-8</a></span><br />But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, / as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a></span><br />“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a></span><br />“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a></span><br />Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-26</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></span><br />They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-28.htm">Acts 15:28-29</a></span><br />It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Chew</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cheweth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-6.htm">Chews</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cloven</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cloven-Footed</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cud</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Divideth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Division</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Hoof</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Parteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-12.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Split</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-7.htm">Chew</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Cheweth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Chews</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Cloven</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Cloven-Footed</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Cud</a> <a href="/numbers/31-27.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/numbers/26-53.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Divideth</a> <a href="/joshua/19-49.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/numbers/2-4.htm">Division</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-34.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Hoof</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Parteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Split</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">What animals may be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">and what may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">What fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">What fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">The creeping things which are unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Hebrew, the word for "hooves" is "parsa," which indicates the split or cloven nature of the foot. The division of the hoof is symbolic of separation and discernment, reflecting the call for the Israelites to be distinct and holy. Archaeological findings show that animals with fully divided hooves, like sheep and cattle, were common in ancient Israel, reinforcing the practical aspect of these dietary laws.<p><b>or that does not chew the cud</b><br />The phrase "or that does not chew the cud" refers to the process of ruminating, where animals like cows and sheep regurgitate their food to chew it again. The Hebrew term "gerah" is used here, which means to bring up or regurgitate. This process symbolizes meditation and reflection, qualities that are spiritually significant. Historically, animals that chew the cud were seen as more docile and manageable, aligning with the peaceful and contemplative life God desired for His people.<p><b>is unclean for you</b><br />The declaration "is unclean for you" establishes a boundary between the Israelites and certain animals. The Hebrew word for "unclean" is "tamei," which implies a state of ritual impurity. This concept of uncleanness is not about hygiene but about maintaining a spiritual and communal purity. The distinction between clean and unclean animals served as a daily reminder of the Israelites' covenant relationship with God, setting them apart from surrounding nations.<p><b>whoever touches the carcass of any such animal</b><br />The phrase "whoever touches the carcass of any such animal" emphasizes the importance of avoiding contact with death and impurity. The Hebrew word "nevelah" refers to a carcass, highlighting the lifelessness and decay associated with it. In the ancient Near Eastern context, touching a dead body was often linked to ritual defilement. This law underscores the value of life and the need to remain spiritually clean, pointing to the holiness required to approach God.<p><b>will be unclean</b><br />The concluding phrase "will be unclean" reiterates the consequence of contact with unclean animals. The state of being "unclean" required purification rituals, emphasizing the need for repentance and restoration. This reflects the broader biblical theme of sin and redemption, where impurity separates humanity from God, but through prescribed means, restoration is possible. The Israelites' adherence to these laws was a testament to their obedience and dedication to God's commands.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">The carcases of every beast.</span>--The construction of this text constituted one of the differences between the Pharisees and the Sadducees during the second Temple. According to the Pharisees, or the National Church in the time of Christ, the phrase "that toucheth <span class= "ital">them</span>" in the last part of this verse refers to "the carcases" of the unclean animals spoken of in the preceding verse. It was only when an unclean animal was dead, whether death was owing to natural causes, design, or accident, that contact with its body defiled (see <a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm" title="Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.">Leviticus 11:8</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm" title="These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:31</a>); but when alive, unclean animals were freely used. Hence camels, asses, horses, &c, were employed in daily life, though unclean (<a href="/1_chronicles/12-40.htm" title="Moreover they that were near them, even to Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.">1Chronicles 12:40</a>; <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm" title="And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.">Zechariah 14:15</a>; <a href="/matthew/21-2.htm" title="Saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.">Matthew 21:2</a>; <a href="/luke/13-15.htm" title="The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?">Luke 13:15</a>, &c.). The Authorised Version rightly expresses this sense by inserting "the carcases" in italics at the beginning of the verse, thus showing that "them" in the latter part of the verse refers to the bodies of unclean animals when dead. Indeed some MSS. have actually "that toucheth their carcases," instead of "that toucheth them." The Sadducees, however, took the expression "them" to refer to the living unclean animals, and hence maintained that touching the body of any animal described in this dietary list as unclean defiled. The difference which this interpretation of the text produced in the domestic life and social intercourse of the Jews can hardly be described, since, according to the doctrine of the Sadducees, it was exceedingly difficult to remain undefiled as soon as one of them stepped outside their dwellings. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">לְֽכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">animals</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּהֵמָ֡ה</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have hooves</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְסָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·sāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6541.htm">Strong's 6541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A claw, split hoof</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that are split</span><br /><span class="heb">מַפְרֶ֨סֶת</span> <span class="translit">(map̄·re·seṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6536.htm">Strong's 6536: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break in pieces, to split, distribute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but not</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵינֶ֣נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·nen·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">completely divided</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁסַ֗עַת</span> <span class="translit">(šō·sa·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8157.htm">Strong's 8157: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fissure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵינֶ֣נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·nen·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chew</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲלָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cud</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגֵרָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1625.htm">Strong's 1625: </a> </span><span class="str2">The cud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are unclean for you.</span><br /><span class="heb">טְמֵאִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṭə·mê·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Whoever touches</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·ḡê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be unclean.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִטְמָֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṭ·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-26.htm">Leviticus 11:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:26 Every animal which parts the hoof (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>