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37 Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown,[a] it is clean, 38 but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Edible Land Animals

39 “‘Now if an animal[b] that you may eat dies,[c] whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:37 tn Heb “And if there falls from their carcass on any seed of sowing which shall be sown.”
  2. Leviticus 11:39 tn This word for “animal” refers to land animal quadrupeds, not just any beast that dwells on the land (cf. 11:2).
  3. Leviticus 11:39 tn Heb “which is food for you” or “which is for you to eat.”