Leviticus 11:31

“These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.”

"These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even." - Leviticus 11:31
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What does Leviticus 11:31 mean?

Leviticus 11:31 (KJV) states: "These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even." This verse comes from the book of Leviticus, which is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the…

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Holiness in the Everyday: Navigating Clean and Unclean According to Leviticus 11:31

As we open the pages of Leviticus 11:31, we are confronted with a verse that speaks to the nature of cleanliness and holiness in the life of the Israelite. The verse reads, "These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be…

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A Prayer for Purity and Discernment: Lessons from Leviticus 11:31

O Heavenly Father, In the quiet of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of reverence and a spirit yearning for Your wisdom. As I reflect upon the words penned in Leviticus 11:31, where it is declared, "These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth…

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Leviticus 11:31 - "These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even."
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Leviticus 22:31 - "Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD."
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Leviticus 19:31 - "¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God."
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Leviticus 11:14 - "And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;"
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Leviticus 15:31 - "Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them."
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1 Kings 11:30-31
1 Kings 11:30-31
Leviticus 11:30 - "And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole."
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Ecclesiates 3:1
Leviticus 25:31 - "But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile."
Leviticus 11:19 - "And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
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1 Corinthians 11:31 - "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
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