Leviticus 11:36

Notwithstanding, a fountain or cistern wherein is a gathering of waters shall be clean,—but, he that toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

In Context

35And, everything whereon shall fall any part of the carcase of them shall be unclean, oven or fire-range, it shall be destroyed, unclean, they are,—and, unclean, Shall they remain to you.

37And when any part of the carcase of them shall fall upon seed for sowing, which is to be sown, the same is, clean.

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:1In that day, there shall be an opened fountain, for the house of David, and for the Inhabitants of Jerusalem,—for sin and for uncleanness.

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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