KJV King James Version
And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
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Leviticus 11:35
And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
WEB World English Bible
Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
ASV American Standard Version
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and anything on which any of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they are, yea, unclean they are to you.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
32 And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.
35 And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.
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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וְ֠כֹלH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיִפֹּ֨לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallמִנִּבְלָתָ֥ם׀H5038 · ne.ve.lahcarcassעָלָיו֮H5921 · aluponיִטְמָא֒H2930 · ta.meto defileתַּנּ֧וּרH8574 · tan.nur(Tower of) the Ovensוְכִירַ֛יִםH3600 · kirstoveיֻתָּ֖ץH5422 · na.tatsto tearטְמֵאִ֣יםH2931 · ta.meuncleanהֵ֑םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)וּטְמֵאִ֖יםH2931 · ta.meuncleanיִהְי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶֽם׃H9036 · khemyou
Cross-references
Leviticus 11:33And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.2 Corinthians 5:1-7For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.Leviticus 15:12And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.Leviticus 6:28But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
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