Discovery BoxLeviticus 11:39 
ContextEdible Land Quadrupeds
11:39 “‘Now if an animal 1 that you may eat dies, 2 whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:5
Context15:5 Anyone who touches his bed 3 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 4
Leviticus 15:21-22
Context15:21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until 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.).
