The Bible › Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner) › Leviticus 11
Leviticus 11:39
If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:39 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
← PreviousRead Leviticus 11Next →
Leviticus 11:39 in other translations
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
“‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
36 But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.
37 If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.
38 But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.
39 If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.
40 And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.
41 All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.
Read Leviticus 11 in the app The whole chapter