Leviticus Chapter 11 verse 39 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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BBE Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.
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DARBY Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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KJV Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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WBT Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, shall die; he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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WEB Leviticus 11:39

"'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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YLT Leviticus 11:39

`And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 39, 40. - The loathsomeness of the bodies of even clean animals that have died a natural death, makes them also the means of conveying defilement to any one who touches them.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(39) And if any beast.--That is, a clean animal, which is both bisulcous and ruminant, but which has not been properly slaughtered, having died from any disease or accident. During the second Temple, the law here enacted was restricted to quadrupeds, domestic or wild, but was not applicable to birds and fishes.He that toucheth the carcase.--The carcase, in this case, is to be regarded as the dead body of an unclean animal (see Leviticus 11:24-28), and defiles by contact. (See also Leviticus 17:15.) This, however, only applies to the flesh of the quadruped. The skin, the bones, the sinews, the horns, and the claws are clean, the sacred Scriptures even being written on the prepared skins; and the horns used for the trumpets or horns of the sanctuary, according to the canons of the Pharisees, whilst the Samaritans and the Sadducees regarded them as polluting.