Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:34
Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.
34. Any food mixed with or put in water (for cooking or eating) and any drink into or upon which one of these swarming things has fallen is unclean.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That on which such water cometh: the meaning is, that flesh or herbs, or other food which is dressed in water, to wit, in a vessel so polluted, shall be unclean; not so, if it be food which is eaten dry, as bread, fruits, &c., the reason of which difference seems to be this, that the water did sooner receive the pollution in itself, and convey it to the food so dressed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Of all meat which may be eaten,…. Which otherwise is lawful to eat and fit for food, whether herbs, or whether the flesh of clean creatures:
[that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean; that is, such water as is put into an unclean vessel, become so by the fall of any unclean reptile into it; wherefore such water poured out upon any sort of food, clean and fit to eat, or that is put into such water, to be dressed, it becomes unclean and unfit to eat; for the vessel, being unclean, defiles the water, and the water defiles the food: Jarchi interprets this of water in general, which coming upon anything eatable, prepares it for uncleanness;
“we learn (says he) that no food is fit and prepared to receive defilement until water comes upon it once; and after it is come upon it once, it receives defilement for ever, even though it becomes dry;”
but the former seems to be the true sense:
and all drink that may be drank in every such vessel shall be unclean; whatever otherwise might be lawfully drank, yet being put into such a vessel, into which any unclean reptile was fallen, or being in it when it fell into it, became unclean and not fit to be drank; and those liquors which receive uncleanness, and make meats unclean by coming on them, according to the Misnic doctors w, are these seven, dew, water, wine, oil, blood, milk, and honey.
w Misn. Machshirin, c. 6. sect. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(34) That on which such water cometh.Better, upon which water cometh, that is, all food which is prepared with water for eating becomes defiled when the carcase of such an unclean reptile falls on it. The same is the case with any beverage which is drank from any kind of vessel; if the said carcase falls into it, it is rendered unclean. According, however, to the canons which obtained during the second Temple, the import of the first part of this verse is that things which constitute mans meat, only then become defiled by the carcase in question when any water whatsoever has been poured upon them, though these articles of food have afterwards become dry; but when they have not been moistened they do not become defiled. By water these authorities understand any of the following seven liquids :water, dew, oil, wine, milk, blood, and honey.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Dry Foods In Those Containers Are Clean But Wet Foods Are Unclean ( Lev 11:34-35 ).
Lev 11:34-35
“All food in them which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. And every thing on which any part of their carcase falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.”
Anything to be eaten or drunk which has been affected by water and is in a container where a dead rodent or reptile has fallen becomes unclean and must not be eaten or drunk. It has left its sphere of purity. The water has clearly spread the ‘uncleanness’. Again it is emphasised that earthenware ovens and earthenware pots must be destroyed if a dead rodent or reptile falls in them. They have left their proper sphere. They are unclean. These distinctions must surely arise from a recognition of health dangers seen in terms of uncleanness, as well as emphasising the avoidance of the unseemly. The uncleanness of creeping things which creep in the dust must not be passed on to Israel in Israel’s own possessions, for they are God’s holy people and above the curse.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Lev 11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.
Ver. 34. Such water. ] Coming out of such an unclean place, or vessel.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
meat = food. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), one kind put for all kinds of food. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Pro 15:8, Pro 21:4, Pro 21:27, Pro 28:8, Tit 1:15
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 11:34. That on which such water cometh That flesh, or herbs, or other food which is dressed in water, in a vessel so polluted, shall be unclean: not so, if it be food which is eaten dry, as bread, or fruits; the reason of which difference seems to be this, that the water did sooner receive the pollution in itself, and convey it to the food so dressed. All this was intended to teach them to avoid carefully every thing that was polluted in their common actions. Not only the vessels of the sanctuary, but every pot in Jerusalem and Judah must be holiness to the Lord, Zec 14:20. The laws in these cases were very critical, and the observance of them would be difficult, and the exceptions also were very nice: but it was all designed to exercise them to a constant care and exactness in their obedience. And we, who by Christ are delivered from these burdensome observances, are hereby taught not to be less circumspect in the more weighty matters of the law. We ought as industriously to preserve our precious souls from the pollutions of sin, and as speedily to cleanse them when they are polluted, as they were to preserve and cleanse their bodies and household goods from these ceremonial pollutions.