- Bible
- Leviticus
- Chapter 11
- Verse 38
Leviticus 11:38
But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
But if any water be put upon the seed,.... Either accidentally or on purpose; whether on sowing seed, and with water with which they water the field, as Aben Ezra interprets it; or on seed used for…
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…
For the seed which is to be sown, contact with swarming things may be disregarded; but if water be added (i.e. if it is put with water in a vessel for cooking), uncleanness will ensue.
A special case…