Leviticus 11:32-40
Summary for Lev 11:32-40: 11:32-40 a Dead animals could make things and people unclean. Even a clean animal that died without having its blood drained was considered unclean (11:39-40 b). When a person became unclean from contact with an animal’s carcass, it lasted only until evening. Household articles that came into contact with a carcass had to be purified (11:25 c, 28 d, 32 e, 40 f) or destroyed (11:33 g, 35 h).11:36 i A cistern was a hole dug into the ground or rock, often lined with plaster, that retained rain and surface water.
Summary for Lev 11:37-38: 11:37-38 j Grain moistened with water was probably intended to be cooked for food; eating contaminated grain would be like eating a carcass. However, if the grain was sown, the new plant and the grain it bore were undefiled.
Summary for Lev 11:39-40: 11:39-40 k Israelites were not to consume blood (7:26 l). They could eat an animal only after the blood had been drained and properly disposed of (17:13 m). The undrained blood of an otherwise clean animal that died of natural causes rendered it unclean. An Israelite was permitted to give or sell such an animal to foreigners (Deut 14:21 n) but not to eat it.
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