11:39 “‘Now if an animal 1 that you may eat dies, 2 whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.
1 tn This word for “animal” refers to land animal quadrupeds, not just any beast that dwells on the land (cf. 11:2).
2 tn Heb “which is food for you” or “which is for you to eat.”
3 tn Heb “And a man who touches in his bed”; NLT “touch the man’s bedding.”
4 tn Heb “he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening” (cf. also vv. 6-8, 10-11, etc.).