Leviticus 11:39
And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.
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Leviticus 11:28Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 11:40And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:5And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:15And they are to be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, and the priest will take away his sin before the Lord on account of his flow.
Leviticus 17:15And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.
Numbers 19:7And the priest, after washing his clothing and bathing his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:21-43
20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be… Read the whole commentary →