"And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even." — Leviticus 11:24

Leviticus 11:24 · KJV

“And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.”

— Leviticus 11:24

But all {other} flying creeping things, which have four feet, {shall be} an abomination unto you.

And whosoever beareth {ought} of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11 — Context

{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.

But all {other} flying creeping things, which have four feet, {shall be} an abomination unto you.

And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

And whosoever beareth {ought} of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

{The carcases} of every beast which divideth the hoof, and {is} not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, {are} unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

Cross References

Leviticus 11:31

These {are} unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:38-40

But if {any} water be put upon the seed, and {any part} of their carcase fall thereon, it {shall be} unclean unto you.

Colossians 2:20

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, {rudiments: or, elements}

Ephesians 2:1-3

And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Leviticus 17:15-16

And every soul that eateth that which died {of itself}, or that which was torn {with beasts, whether it be} one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe {himself} in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. {that which died...: Heb. a carcase}

Hebrews 9:26

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Leviticus 11:8

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they {are} unclean to you.