Leviticus 11:37

37 If a dead, unclean animal falls on a seed to be planted, that seed is still clean.

Leviticus 11:37 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:37

And if [any part] of their carcass fall upon any sowing
seed that is to be sown
That which is selected from the other seed in order to be sown, and which is laid by and laid up for that purpose; should the carcass, or any part of the carcass of a creeping thing fall upon an heap of it, into a vessel in which it was put, as a dead mouse or the like:

[yet] it shall be clean;
be fit for use and sown in the earth; because being cast into the earth, and dying and quickening there, and then springing up again in stalk and ear, it would go through various changes before it became the food of man: the Targum of Jonathan describes it, such as is sown in its dryness, or being dry; for if it was wetted it was unfit for use, as follows.

Leviticus 11:37 In-Context

35 If any dead, unclean animal falls on something, it becomes unclean. If it is a clay oven or a clay baking pan, it must be broken into pieces. These things will be unclean; they are unclean for you.

36 "'A spring or well that collects water will stay clean, but anyone who touches the dead body of any unclean animal will become unclean.

37 If a dead, unclean animal falls on a seed to be planted, that seed is still clean.

38 But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.

39 "'Also, if an animal which you use for food dies, anyone who touches its body will be unclean until evening.