Leviticus 11:31
What does Leviticus 11:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 11:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000These 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901These 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862these <FI>are<Fi> the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Context
v.30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
v.31This passage
v.32And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:8
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
- Leviticus 11:24
And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;
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