Leviticus 11:27

And every (animal) that goeth upon its paws, of all beast that go upon four, shall be unclean to you; whoever toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.

Targum Onkelos

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 divideth the hoof, but is not cloven-footed, and that bringeth not up the cud, is to be unclean to you; whosoever toucheth them shall be unclean.

28And whoever carrieth their carcase shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; to you they are unclean.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:20Every winged thing that creepeth, (or) walketh upon four, is an abomination to you.

Leviticus 14:46And whoso goeth into the house all the days that it is shut up, shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 16:26But he who led away the goat unto Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards go into the camp.

Leviticus 22:6The man who toucheth him shall be unclean until the evening, and may not eat of things consecrated unless he wash 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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