Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
40. Eating the carcase is forbidden as in Deu 14:21. According to Lev 17:15, the eater must also bathe himself. LXX. supply this command here.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He that eateth, to wit, unwittingly; for if he did it knowingly, it was a presumptuous sin against an express law, Deu 14:21, and therefore punished with cutting off, Num 15:30.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he that eateth of the carcass of it,…. For though it might be eaten, if rightly killed, yet not if it died of itself, or was strangled, or torn to pieces by wild beasts:
shall wash his clothes; besides his body, which even he that touched it was obliged to:
and be unclean until the even; though he and his clothes were washed, and he might not go into the court of the tabernacle, or have any concern with holy things, or conversation with men:
he also that beareth the carcass of it; removes it from one place to another, carries it to the dunghill, or a ditch, and there lays it, or buries it in the earth:
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; from whence, as before observed by the Jewish writers, uncleanness by bearing is greater than uncleanness by touching, since the former obliged to washing of clothes, not so the latter; so Jarchi here; and yet still was unclean until the evening, though he had washed himself in water, as Aben Ezra notes; and so says Jarchi, though he dips himself, he has need of the evening of the sun.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(40) And he that eateth.That is, ignorantly, since for wilful transgression the transgressor incurred the penalty of excision. (See Num. 15:30; Deu. 14:21.)
He also that beareth the carcase.Removing the carcase of a clean quadruped which died, defiled the person who carried it quite as much as removing the carcase of an unclean beast. Hence the law of purification for the defilement arising in either case is the same. (See Lev. 11:25.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Ver. 40. Shall wash his clothes. ] To teach them to “hate even the garment spotted by the flesh,” Jdg 1:23 all provocations and instruments of sin.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
he that eateth: i.e. ignorantly: otherwise, wilfully, it was the death penalty. Num 15:30. Deu 14:21.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
eateth: Lev 11:25, Lev 17:15, Lev 17:16, Lev 22:8, Exo 22:31, Deu 14:21, Isa 1:16, Eze 4:14, Eze 36:25, Eze 44:31, Zec 13:1, 1Co 6:11, 1Co 10:21, 1Jo 1:7
shall wash: Lev 11:28, Lev 14:8, Lev 14:9, Lev 15:5-10, Lev 15:27, Lev 16:26, Lev 16:28, Num 19:7, Num 19:8, Num 19:19
Reciprocal: Lev 11:39 – General Lev 13:6 – wash Num 19:21 – General 1Sa 20:26 – he is not clean