Leviticus 11:37

37 If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.

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Leviticus 11:37 in Other Translations

KJV

37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

ESV

37 And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean,

NLT

37 If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.

MSG

37 If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.

CSB

37 If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 11:37 In-Context

35 Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.

36 A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.

37 If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.

38 But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 “ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:37

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Leviticus 11:37 in Other Translations

Leviticus 11:37 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:37 In-Context