Leviticus 11:28

28 If you pick up its carcass you must wash your clothes and are unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:28 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:28

And he that beareth the carcass of them
Carries it upon any account, from place to place:

shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even;
as he that bore the carcasses of any of the flying creeping things, ( Leviticus 11:25 )

they are unclean to you;
even the carcasses of the one and of the other; and to all the Israelites, men, women, and children, as Aben Ezra observes.

Leviticus 11:28 In-Context

26 "Every animal that has a split hoof that's not completely divided, or that doesn't chew the cud is unclean for you; if you touch the carcass of any of them you become unclean.
27 "Every four-footed animal that goes on its paws is unclean for you; if you touch its carcass you are unclean until evening.
28 If you pick up its carcass you must wash your clothes and are unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
29 "Among the creatures that crawl on the ground, the following are unclean for you: weasel, rat, all lizards,
30 gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skink, chameleon.
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