Leviticus 11:24 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

carcase a dead body Still heard today: a carcass, the same word Webster’s 1828 · Carcass

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

What animals were clean and uncleanThese laws seem to have been intended, 1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge; and to teach them...

Cross References

Leviticus 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:27–28 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. …
Leviticus 11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:38–40 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. …
Leviticus 17:15–16 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. …
Isaiah 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Ephesians 2:1–3 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; …
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Colossians 2:16–17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: …
Colossians 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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Topics

Animals Clean and unclean
Defilement Touching carcass of an unclean thing
Food Things prohibited as food
Insects Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking)
Sanitation Carcasses
Unclean Creatures designated as such

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Hebrew and Strong’s

And for these ye shall be unclean וּלְאֵלֶּה ûlĕʾēllê Pronoun · with and, preposition תִּטַּמָּאוּ tiṭṭammāʾww טָמֵא Verb · hithpael imperfect, second person masculine plural
whosoever toucheth כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַנֹּגֵעַ hannōgēaʿ נָגַע Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with the
the carcase בְּנִבְלָתָם bĕniblātām נְבֵלָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
of them shall be unclean יִטְמָא yiṭmāʾ טָמֵא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
until the even עַד ʿad Preposition הָעָרֶב hāʿāreb עֶרֶב Noun · masculine singular · with the

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0