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Leviticus 11:23–25

23 But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.

Unclean Animals

24 ‘By these you shall become 5unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them ishall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:

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Leviticus 11:23–25 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.

24 “ ‘You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. 25 Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

24 “And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 25 and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.

24 “The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening. 25 If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 But all other insects that have wings and walk on four feet you are to hate. 24 Those insects will make you unclean, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these insects will become unclean until evening. 25 Anyone who picks up one of these dead insects must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 Every kind of winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you. 

24 “Regarding the creatures mentioned above, this is how you would become unclean: Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 25 Whoever carries any part of their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.

24 “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 25 and whoever carries any of their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

24 By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening, 25 and whoever carries any part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 But any other winged insect that has four legs is detestable to you. 24 And by these you shall become unclean—anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening, 25 and anyone who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 But be sure to avoid every other creature that has wings and four legs.

24 “ ‘You will make yourselves “unclean” if you eat those things. If you touch their dead bodies, you will be “unclean” until evening. 25 If a person picks up one of their dead bodies, he must wash his clothes. He will be “unclean” until evening.

Leviticus 11:23–25 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 ‘But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.

24 ‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

25 and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.


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