Leviticus Chapter 11 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 11:31

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.
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BBE Leviticus 11:31

All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
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DARBY Leviticus 11:31

These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
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KJV Leviticus 11:31

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
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WBT Leviticus 11:31

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
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WEB Leviticus 11:31

These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
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YLT Leviticus 11:31

these `are' the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 31-38. - As the little animals just mentioned - weasels, mice, and lizards - are more likely than those of a larger size to be found dead in domestic utensils and clothes, a further warning as to their defiling character is added, with talcs for daily use. The words translated ranges for pots (verse 35) should rather be rendered covered pots, that is, pots or kettles with lids to them. Seed which is to be sown, that is, seed corn, is not defiled by contact with these dead animals, unless it has been wetted by water being put on it, in which case the moisture would convey the corruption into the seeds.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) These are unclean.--Better, these are the most unclean, as Leviticus 11:29. That is, the eight animals thus enumerated are pre-eminently unclean of all the creeping things.When they be dead.--The phrase, "whosoever doth touch them when they be dead," is simply another expression for "whosoever toucheth the carcase of them," which is used in Leviticus 11:24. Defilement is only contracted when their dead bodies are touched, but not if touched when alive. According to the canon which obtained during the second Temple, "there is no kind of living creature that becomes defiled while it is alive, or defiles when it is alive, save man only."