Leviticus 11:33

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
earthen	חֶ֔רֶשׂ Che.res	H2789	a piece of pottery · noun, common masculine singular absolute
vessel	כְּלִי ke.li-	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine singular construct
falleth	יִפֹּ֥ל yi.Pol	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
unclean	יִטְמָ֖א yit.Ma'	H2930	to be foul · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
break	תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ tish.Bo.ru	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Leviticus 6:28 But 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 wa…
Leviticus 15:12 And 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 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 d…
Leviticus 14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth…
Jeremiah 48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherei…
2 Corinthians 5:1-8 For 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…
Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to su…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:20-42

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 those countries were very good meat, and much used: John Baptist lived upon them in the desert, and they are here allowed them, Lev 11:21, Lev 11:22. 2. Concerning the creeping things on the earth; these were all forbidden (Lev 11:29, Lev 11:30, and again, Lev 11:41, Lev 11:42); for it was the curse of the serpent that upon his belly he should go, and therefore between him and man there was an enmity put (Gen 3:15), which was preserved by this law. Dust is the meat of the creeping things, and th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 11:31

whosoever doth touch them, when . . . dead, shall be unclean until the even--These regulations must have often caused annoyance by suddenly requiring the exclusion of people from society, as well as the ordinances of religion. Nevertheless they were extremely useful and salutary, especially as enforcing attention to cleanliness. This is a matter of essential importance in the East, where venomous reptiles often creep into houses and are found lurking in boxes, vessels, or holes in the wall; and the carcass of one of them, or a dead mouse, mole, lizard, or other unclean animal, might be inadvertently touched by the hand, or fall on clothes, skin bottles, or any article of common domestic use.…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 11:33

And every earthen vessel - Such pitchers as are commonly used for drinking out of, and for holding liquids. M. De la Roque observes that hair-sacks, trunks, and baskets, covered with skin, are used among the travelling Arabs to carry their household utensils in, which are kettles or pots, great wooden bowls, hand-mills, and pitchers. It is very likely that these are nearly the same with those used by the Israelites in their journeyings in the wilderness, for the customs of these people do not change.

The Church Fathers

When dealing with the corpses of unclean animals, the Scripture says: All the things that are inside a clay vessel in which one of those corpses has fallen will be impure, and the vessel will be broken. And every edible thing upon which water falls will be impure to you. It is not that any water that falls on food makes it impure; but the one that falls from that vessel that becomes impure because of the impure corpses, if by chance this vessel contains water.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON LEVITICUS, Q. 37 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Ablution — Or washing, was practised, (1.) When a person was initiated into a higher state: e.g., when Aaron and his sons were set apart to the priest’s office, they were washed with water previous to their…
Animal — An organized living creature endowed with sensation. The Levitical law divided animals into clean and unclean, although the distinction seems to have existed before the Flood (Gen. 7:2). The clean…
Clean — The various forms of uncleanness according to the Mosaic law are enumerated in Lev. 11-15; Num. 19. The division of animals into clean and unclean was probably founded on the practice of sacrifice.…
Food — Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen. 1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). The use of animal food was probably not unknown to the antediluvians.…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Creeping Things · Unclean — Unclean
Defilement · .Touching — .Touching
Food · THINGS PROHIBITED AS FOO — THINGS PROHIBITED AS FOO
Sanitation · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 11:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:20-42

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 11:31

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 11:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 11:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:20-42

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 11:31

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 11:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 11:33

John Calvin on Leviticus 11:13-42

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 11:29-38

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 11:32-40

Rashi on Leviticus 11:33