Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
Leviticus 11:31 - Easy To Read Version Those crawling animals are unclean for you. Any person who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These are unclean to you among all that creep; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. American Standard Version (1901) These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. Common English Bible Of all small moving creatures, these are unclean for you—anyone who touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening. |
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
“If any of those unclean [140] animals dies and falls on something, then that thing will become unclean. It might be something made from wood, cloth, leather, a cloth of sadness or some work tool. Whatever it is, it must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.
Don’t eat the meat from those animals! Don’t even touch their dead bodies! They are unclean for you!
And any person who goes into that house will be unclean until evening.
The priest will offer the birds, one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [246] before the Lord.
“The person that led the goat to Azazel [296] must wash his clothes and his whole body with water. After that, he can come into the camp.
“Also, if any person eats an animal that died by itself, or if any person eats an animal that was killed by some other animal, then that person will be unclean [311] until evening. That person must wash his clothes and wash his {whole} body with water. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if he is a foreigner living among you!
If a person touches any of those things, he will become unclean until evening. That person must not eat any of the holy food. Even if he washes with water, he can’t eat the holy food.
Then the priest must wash himself and his clothes with water. Then he must come back into the camp. The priest will be unclean [253] until evening.