Lìwèijì 11:33

33 Ruò yǒu sǐ le diào zaì wà qì lǐ de , qízhōng bùjū yǒu shénme , jiù bù jiéjìng , nǐmen yào bǎ zhè wà qì dǎpò le .

Lìwèijì 11:33 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:33

And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth,
&c.] Any of the above eight reptiles, should they by chance fall into the midst an earthen vessel:

whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean;
if it only by falling touched the outside of it, it was not unclean; but if it fell into it, then whatever was contained in it was unclean; for, as Jarchi says, an earthen vessel does not pollute or receive pollution, but from the air of it ^F21, from its inside:

and ye shall break it;
other vessels might be put into water and rinsed, and so be cleansed, but earthen vessels, being of no great value, were to be broken in pieces: an emblem this, as Ainsworth suggests, of the dissolution of our bodies, which are as earthen vessels, and of the destruction of sin thereby, and of the entire removal of it by death.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Vid. Misn. Celaim, c. 2. sect. 1. & Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.

Lìwèijì 11:33 In-Context

31 Zhèxie pá wù dōu shì yǔ nǐmen bù jiéjìng de . zaì tā sǐ le yǐhòu , fán mó le de , bì bù jiéjìng dào wǎnshang .

32 Qízhōng sǐ le de , diào zaì shénme dōngxi shàng , zhè dōngxi jiù bù jiéjìng , wúlùn shì mù qì , yīfu , pí zǐ , kǒudai , bùjū shì zuò shénme gōng yòng de qìmǐn , xū yào fàng zaì shuǐ zhōng , bì bù jiéjìng dào wǎnshang , dào wǎnshang cái jiéjìng le .

33 Ruò yǒu sǐ le diào zaì wà qì lǐ de , qízhōng bùjū yǒu shénme , jiù bù jiéjìng , nǐmen yào bǎ zhè wà qì dǎpò le .

34 Qízhōng yīqiè kè chī de shíwù , zhān shuǐ de jiù bù jiéjìng , bìngqiĕ nàyàng qìmǐn zhōng yīqiè kè hē de , yĕ bì bù jiéjìng .

35 Qízhōng yǐ sǐ de , ruò yǒu yídiǎn diào zaì shénme wùjiàn shàng , nà wùjiàn jiù bù jiéjìng , bùjū shì lú zǐ , shì guō tái , jiù yào dá suì , dōu bù jiéjìng , yĕ bì yǔ nǐmen bù jiéjìng .