Leviticus 11:27

That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

In Context

26Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.

28And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:20Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.

Leviticus 14:46He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 16:26But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp.

Leviticus 22:6Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,

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 →

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