Then I said, “Ah Lord God! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.”
Leviticus 11:39 - Revised Standard Version “And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the 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 said, “Ah Lord God! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.”
“And by these you shall become unclean; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
These are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
and he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
Moreover he who enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening;
and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.
And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
And whoever touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
And he who lets the goat go to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
And every person that eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
None of the line of Aaron who is a leper or suffers a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,
the person who touches any such shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, defiling himself by it: I am the Lord.’
“He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days;
Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until evening.