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Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />These <i>are</i> unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />These <i>are</i> unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />These [creatures] are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Anyone who touches their dead bodies or anything touched by their dead bodies becomes unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Among all the swarming creatures that move on the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These are unclean for you among the swarming creatures, so anyone who touches them when they're dead becomes unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />These are they which are unclean to you among all that crawl. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; anyone who is coming against them in their death is unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />These are unclean to you, among all the creeping: every one touching upon them in their dying, shall be unclean till even.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />31All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Among the various swarming creatures, these are unclean for you. Everyone who touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These are unclean to you among all that creep; whosoever touches them, when they are dead, 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 />These are defiled among every creeping thing; everything that touches them when they are dead 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2610" 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">30</span>the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: haṭ·ṭə·mê·’îm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">are unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">among all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8318.htm" title="8318: haš·šā·reṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Swarmers, swarming things. From sharats; a swarm, i.e. Active mass of minute animals.">the crawling creatures.</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) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: bə·mō·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">when they are dead</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.">shall be unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: hā·‘ā·reḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">evening.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.…<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Deuteronomy 14:19-20</a></span><br />All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. / But you may eat any clean bird.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm">Leviticus 11:8,24,25</a></b></br> Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they <i>are</i> unclean to you… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Creep</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-28.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-28.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Swarming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm">Touch</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><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Creep</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-10.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Swarming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-4.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Touching</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures.</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the term "unclean" refers to a state of ritual impurity, which prevented individuals from participating in certain religious activities. The distinction between clean and unclean animals is part of the broader Levitical law given to the Israelites to set them apart as God's chosen people. The crawling creatures mentioned here likely include various small animals and insects that move close to the ground. This classification is part of a larger system of dietary laws found in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a>, which outlines what is permissible for the Israelites to eat. These laws served not only as a means of maintaining physical health but also as a symbol of spiritual purity and separation from the surrounding nations. The concept of clean and unclean animals is echoed in the New Testament, where Peter's vision in <a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9-16</a> challenges the early church to reconsider these distinctions in light of the new covenant in Christ.<p><b>Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.</b><br>The requirement for someone who touches a dead unclean animal to be considered unclean until evening underscores the importance of ritual purity in the daily life of the Israelites. This temporary state of uncleanness required the individual to undergo a purification process, which often included washing and waiting until evening, a time marker that signified a new day in the Hebrew calendar. This regulation highlights the pervasive nature of sin and impurity and the need for constant vigilance and cleansing. The evening purification can be seen as a type of the cleansing that comes through Christ, who provides ultimate purification from sin. The concept of being unclean until evening also points to the temporary nature of the old covenant's purification rituals, which are fulfilled and made complete in the sacrifice of Jesus, as described in <a href="/hebrews/10.htm">Hebrews 10:1-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>The primary recipients of the laws in Leviticus, tasked with communicating God's commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are given these laws to maintain holiness and purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/swarming_creatures.htm">Swarming Creatures</a></b><br>Refers to various small animals and insects that move in large numbers, considered unclean under Mosaic Law.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received the Law, emphasizing their journey and dependence on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where purity laws were especially significant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_holiness.htm">Understanding Holiness</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus, including those about unclean animals, were given to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation. This underscores the importance of holiness in our lives today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleanliness.htm">Symbolism of Cleanliness</a></b><br>The distinction between clean and unclean animals symbolizes the separation between sin and righteousness. Believers are called to discern and avoid spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal_purity.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal Purity</a></b><br>The uncleanness from touching dead creatures was temporary, lasting until evening. This points to the temporary nature of ceremonial laws compared to the eternal purity found in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_god's_commands.htm">Respect for God's Commands</a></b><br>The detailed laws in Leviticus demonstrate the importance of obedience to God's commands, encouraging believers to respect and follow God's Word diligently.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_contamination.htm">Community and Contamination</a></b><br>The laws about uncleanness also served to protect the community from physical and spiritual contamination, reminding us of our responsibility to maintain purity within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'unclean_until_evening'.htm">What does "unclean until evening" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_unfailing_love.htm">What are the different types of demons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_repeat_vows_for_accidental_defilement.htm">Numbers 6:9–12 — Why would accidental defilement require repeating the entire vow and new sacrifices, suggesting a severe ritual focus that seems excessive? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_ignorance_in_leviticus_5_2.htm">If Leviticus 5:2 considers touching an unclean creature as sin, even unknowingly, how can ignorance be morally blameworthy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">These are unclean.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">these are the most unclean, </span>as <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm" title="These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,">Leviticus 11:29</a>. That is, the eight animals thus enumerated are pre-eminently unclean of all the creeping things.<p><span class= "bld">When they be dead.</span>--The phrase, "whosoever doth touch them when they be dead," is simply another expression for "whosoever toucheth the carcase of them," which is used in <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm" title="And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:24</a>. Defilement is only contracted when their dead bodies are touched, but not if touched when alive. According to the canon which obtained during the second Temple, "there is no kind of living creature that becomes defiled while it is alive, or defiles when it is alive, save man only."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 31-38.</span> - As the little animals just mentioned - weasels, mice, and lizards - are more likely than those of a larger size to be found dead in domestic utensils and clothes, a further warning as to their defiling character is added, with talcs for daily use. The words translated <span class="cmt_word">ranges for pots</span> (verse 35) should rather be rendered <span class="accented">covered pots</span>, that is, pots or kettles with lids to them. <span class="cmt_word">Seed which is to be sown</span>, that is, seed corn, is not defiled by contact with these dead animals, unless it has been wetted by <span class="cmt_word">water being put on it</span>, in which case the moisture would convey the corruption into the seeds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-31.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">These [animals]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֛לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטְּמֵאִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭə·mê·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">for you among all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | 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">the crawling creatures.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8318.htm">Strong's 8318: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swarm, active mass of minute animals</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Whoever</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">touches</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּגֵ֧עַ</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">בָּהֶ֛ם</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">when they are dead</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall be unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">יִטְמָ֥א</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 /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evening.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָֽרֶב׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:31 These are they which are unclean (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:32" /></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>