Leviticus 11:28

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

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In The King James Version

And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

In Context

27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

29The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 15:15The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

Numbers 19:7Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until 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 →

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