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Leviticus 11:39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

KJV

Si mortuum fuerit animal, quod licet vobis comedere, qui cadaver ejus tetigerit, immundus erit usque ad vesperum :

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ τῶν κτηνῶν ὅ ἐστιν ὑμῖν τοῦτο φαγεῖν, ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·

LXX

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

ASV

וְ/כִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר הִ֥יא לָ/כֶ֖ם לְ/אָכְלָ֑ה הַ/נֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּ/נִבְלָתָ֖/הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד הָ/עָֽרֶב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָכְלָֽה
'klh
noun · 17×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 48×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Lev 22:4 — What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man who