39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-42)Here is the law, 1. Concerning flying insects, as flies, wasps, bees, etc.; these they might not eat (Lev. 11:20), nor indeed are they fit to be eaten; but there were several sorts of locusts which in those countries were very good meat, and much used: John Baptist lived upon them in the desert, and they are here allowed them, Lev. 11:21 , 22 . 2. Concerning the creeping things on the earth; these…
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