Leviticus 11:37 KJV
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
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.
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
- 1 Corinthians 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
- 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- 1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
- 1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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Topics
- Animals Clean and unclean
- Creeping things Unclean
- Defilement Touching carcass of an unclean thing
- Food Things prohibited as food
- Sanitation Carcasses
- Unclean Creatures designated as such
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And if any part of their carcase מִנִּבְלָתָם minniblātām נְבֵלָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
- fall וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction יִפֹּל yippōl נָפַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- upon any sowing עַל ʿal Preposition כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct זֵרוּעַ zērûaʿ זֵרוּעַ Noun · masculine singular
- seed זֶרַע zeraʿ זֶרַע Noun · masculine singular
- which is to be sown אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יִזָּרֵעַ yizzārēaʿ זָרַע Verb · niphal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- it shall be clean טָהוֹר ṭāhôr טָהוֹר Adjective · masculine singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
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