Leviticus 11:36

36 Doch een fontein, of put van vergadering der wateren, zal rein zijn; maar wie hun dood aas zal aangeroerd hebben, zal onrein zijn.

Leviticus 11:36 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:36

Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty
of water
Or, "a fountain or pit, a collection of waters", the copulative being wanting, as some observe, Aben Ezra takes notice of; or it may be by way of apposition, and so may explain what fountain or pit is meant, even such an one where there is a large continence of water, into which, if any carcass of a creeping thing fell, or any part of it, yet it

shall be clean:
and fit for use, either because of the abundance of water in it, which could not be affected with the fall of such a creature into it as where there is but a small quantity; or rather this exception was made, because pools of water were of considerable value in these countries, and frequently in use for bathings and therefore for the good of men, and that they might not suffer so great a loss by such an accident, they are declared notwithstanding to be clean and free for use: hence you may learn, says Jarchi, that he that dips in them is pure from his uncleanness; that a man might lawfully make use of them for a bath on account of any uncleanness, notwithstanding the carcass of a creeping thing had fallen into it; as a mouse, or rat, or any such creature:

but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean;
not the waters which touch the carcass, as Aben Ezra interprets it, for then the whole would be defiled, and unfit for use; but either the man that touched the carcass, laid hold upon it to pluck it out of the fountain or pit, or that which he made use of to get it out, or both these, were unclean in a ceremonial sense: the Targum of Jonathan is,

``but he that toucheth their carcasses in the midst of these waters shall be unclean.''

Leviticus 11:36 In-Context

34 Van alle spijze, die men eet, waarop het water zal gekomen zijn, die zal onrein zijn; en alle drank, die men drinkt, zal in alle vat onrein zijn.

35 En waarop iets van hun dood aas zal vallen, zal onrein zijn; de oven en de aarden pan zal verbroken worden; zij zijn onrein, daarom zullen zij u onrein zijn.

36 Doch een fontein, of put van vergadering der wateren, zal rein zijn; maar wie hun dood aas zal aangeroerd hebben, zal onrein zijn.

37 En wanneer van hun dood aas zal gevallen zijn op enig zaaibaar zaad, dat gezaaid wordt, dat zal rein zijn.

38 Maar als water op het zaad gedaan zal worden, en van hun dood aas daarop zal gevallen zijn, dat zal u onrein zijn.