Leviticus 11:39 - Easy To Read Version “Also, if an animal {that you use for food} dies, then the person who touches its dead body will be unclean [143] until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If any animal of which you may eat dies [unslaughtered], he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. American Standard Version (1901) And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. Common English Bible If one of the animals that you are allowed to eat dies naturally, anyone who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version If any animals will have died, from which it is lawful for you to eat, whoever will have touched its carcass shall be unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Then I (Ezekiel) said, “Oh, but Lord my Master, I have never eaten any unclean food. I have never eaten meat from an animal that died from a disease or from an animal that was killed by a wild animal. I have never eaten unclean meat—not from the time I was a little baby until today. None of that bad meat ever entered my mouth.”
Those insects will make you unclean. [134] Any person who touches the dead bodies of these insects will become unclean until evening.
If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.
Those crawling animals are unclean for you. Any person who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
But if you put water on some seeds and then if any part of those dead unclean animals falls on those seeds, then those seeds are unclean for you.
And the person who eats meat from this animal’s body must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening. The person who picks up the dead body of the animal must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening.
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.
If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.
Also, if any person touches the person who has the discharge, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.
“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 any of Aaron’s descendants [386] has one of the bad skin diseases [387] or a discharge [388] he can’t eat the holy food until he becomes clean. [389] That rule is for any priest that becomes unclean. [390] That priest can become unclean from a dead body or from his own semen. [391]
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.
“If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by wild animals, he must not eat that dead animal. If that person eats that animal, he will become unclean. [392] I am the Lord!
If someone touches a dead person’s body, then he will be unclean [256] for seven days.
If anyone touches a dead body, then that person will be unclean for seven days. This is true if the dead body is out in the field or if the person was killed in war. Also, if anyone touches the bones from a dead person then that person is unclean.
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.