Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Leviticus 11:36
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which (k) toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
(k) So much of the water as touched it.
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which (k) toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
(k) So much of the water as touched it.
Verse 36. _A FOUNTAIN OR PIT, C._] This must either refer to running water, the stream of which soon carries off all impurities, or to large reservoirs where the water soon purifies itself the water i...
III. HOLINESS DEMANDED 1. The Clean and the Unclean CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Concerning the beasts on the earth (Leviticus 11:1)_ 2. Concerning things in the water (Leviticus 11:9) 3. Concerning flying an...
SECOND PROHIBITION. The dead bodies of unclean animals are not to be touched; scrupulous dread could hardly go further. The distinction is repeated from Leviticus 11:1, but a special list of unclean i...
11- 15. RITUAL CLEANLINESS AND UNCLEANLINESS. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1, Purgation for skin diseases; L...
PLENTY. Hebrew. "a gathering together". THAT WHICH. he who....
The continuous renewal of water in a well renders the uncleanness inappreciable, but he who takes out the carcase is rendered unclean by touching it. The case of the pit or cistern is not clear. It mi...
Uncleanness caused by Creeping Things 29. _the weasel_†] According to early Versions, and the Mishna the Heb. word should be thus translated; but some prefer the rendering -mole." _the great lizard_...
TEXT 11:24-43 24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; 25 and whosoever beareth _aught_ of the carcass of them shall wash hi...
_NEVERTHELESS A FOUNTAIN OR PIT, WHEREIN THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER, SHALL BE CLEAN: BUT THAT WHICH TOUCHETH THEIR CARCASE SHALL BE UNCLEAN._ Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of...
(LEVITICUS 11-16) THE LAW OF CLEAN AND UNCLEAN This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. Four main types of uncleanness are referred to, viz. th...
PIT] RM 'cistern.' The water in wells and reservoirs, being frequently changed, is not polluted. THAT WHICH TOUCHETH] or, 'he that toucheth.' 37, 38. The seed in growing undergoes many changes, which...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
NEVERTHELESS A FOUNTAIN OR PIT, WHEREIN THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER. — Better, _But wells and cisterns being gatherings together of water._ But if the unclean carcase, or any portion of it, happens to fa...
אַ֣ךְ מַעְיָ֥ן וּ בֹ֛ור מִקְוֵה ־מַ֖יִם יִהְי
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS, AND DEFILEMENT BY DEAD BODIES Leviticus 11:1 WITH chapter 11 begins a new section of this book, extending to the end of chapter 15, of which the subject is the law concern...
We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws c...
_Clean. They would be so difficult to purify, and water is so necessary._...
One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the creeping things of the earth. The grand object evid...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Priesthood being established, there comes the discernment between holy things and profane, and the judgment of defilements (chaps. 11-15), and wha...
NEVERTHELESS, A FOUNTAIN OR PIT, [WHEREIN THERE IS] PLENTY OF WATER,.... Or, "a fountain or pit, a collection of waters", the copulative being wanting, as some observe, Aben Ezra takes notice of; or i...
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. Ver. 36. _Nevertheless a fountain._] Because it would clean...
_Nevertheless, a fountain or pit shall be clean_ Of this no reason can be given, but the will of the Lawgiver, and his merciful condescension to men's necessities, water being scarce in those countrie...
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not bee eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 What foules. 29 The creeping things which are vncleane. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying vnto them, 2 Speak...
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, a spring or cistern with an abundance of fresh water or with the only water supply for an entire neighborhood, SHALL BE CLEAN; BUT THA...
Of the Smaller Animals. General Precepts....
ANIMALS ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR FOOD (VV. 1-8) Never since the flood has man been commanded to be a vegetarian. After the flood Noah was told, “every moving thing that lives shall be food for you” ...
WHEREIN THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER: _ Heb._ a gathering together of waters...
WHEREIN THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER; of which no solid reason can be given, whilst such unclean things remain in them, but only the will of the Lawgiver, and his merciful condescension to men's necessiti...
The Book of Leviticus may be termed "the priest's guide book." This is very much its character. It is full of principles for the guidance of such as desire to live in the enjoyment of priestly nearnes...
Leviticus 11:36 spring H4599 cistern H953 plenty H4723 water H4325 clean H2889 touches H5060 (H8802) carcass H5038
THE WHOLE OF WATER SOURCES ARE NOT RENDERED UNCLEAN BY DEAD CREEPING THINGS, ONLY THE PART WHERE THEY ARE (LEVITICUS 11:36). Leviticus 11:36 “Nevertheless a spring or a pit in which is a gathering...
CONTENTS: The proper food for God's people defined. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The body is the Lord's and it is sin against God to prejudice health for the pleasing of appetite. KEY WORD:...
Leviticus 11:2. _The beasts which ye shall eat._ The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclean b...
_These are the beasts which ye shall eat._ THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN The Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was shown, b...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:36 The water in A SPRING OR A CISTERN was not contaminated by an unclean creature that fell into it. This may have been because the water in them was flowing and continu...
Food: Permitted and Prohibited SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 11:2.—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and fishe...
PART III UNCLEANNESS, CEREMONIAL AND MORAL: ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God by means of sacrifice and the a...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Leviticus eleven? Before we begin in the eleventh chapter of Leviticus, let's take a look at the first few verses of chapter twenty-eight of Deuteronomy, because sometim...
John 4:14; Zechariah 13:1...
Of this no reason can be given, but the will of the law — giver and his merciful condescension to men's necessities, water being scarce in those countries; and for the same reason God would have the c...