Bible Strands
Leviticus 11:32
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text addresses the Israelites concerning the ritual purity laws regarding objects contacted by dead creeping creatures.
The words — יִטְמָ֗א (yit.Ma') = it will be unclean [H2930] and כְּלִי\־ (ke.li-) = vessel of [H3627].
The thread — The text's requirement to rinse wooden items with water appears in Leviticus 15:12, while the mandated breaking of clay pots for severe contamination is recorded in Leviticus 11:33 and Leviticus 6:28.
Why it lands — The text states that contact with a dead crawling animal renders articles unclean until evening, and it specifies that wooden, cloth, or leather items must be rinsed with water to regain ritual cleanliness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 15:12 Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Leviticus 6:28 The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.