Leviticus - 11:28



28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 11:28.

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And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.
And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.
and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening, unclean they are to you.
And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you.
Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
And whoever will have carried this kind of carcass shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening. For all these are unclean to you.
Et qui portaverit cadavera eorum, lavabit vestimenta, immundusque erit usque ad vesperam: immunda erunt vobis.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he that beareth the carcass of them,.... Carries it upon any account, from place to place:
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; as he that bore the carcasses of any of the flying creeping things, Leviticus 11:25.
they are unclean to you; even the carcasses of the one and of the other; and to all the Israelites, men, women, and children, as Aben Ezra observes.

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