Leviticus 11:39
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If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:24,28,31,40 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled: and shall be unclean until the evening: . . .

Leviticus 15:5,7 If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. . . .

Numbers 19:11,16 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days, . . .

Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
38But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled. 39If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.40And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.…
Cross References
Leviticus 11:38
But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.

Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:4
The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead: and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation:

Leviticus 22:8
That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.

Lexicon
If
וְכִ֤י (wə·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

an
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

animal
הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה (hab·bə·hê·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you
לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

may eat
לְאָכְלָ֑ה (lə·’āḵ·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 402: Food, eating

dies,
יָמוּת֙ (yā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

anyone who touches
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ (han·nō·ḡê·a‘)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the carcass
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ (bə·niḇ·lā·ṯāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5038: A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol

will be unclean
יִטְמָ֥א (yiṭ·mā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

evening.
הָעָֽרֶב׃ (hā·‘ā·reḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening


Additional Translations
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.And if any beast, of which you may eat, die; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, shall die; he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

"'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;
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