Leviticus 11:28 (LSB)

Passage

and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:26 Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.

Leviticus 11:27 Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:28 and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:29 ‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole and the mouse and the great lizard in its kinds,

Leviticus 11:30 and the gecko and the crocodile and the lizard and the sand reptile and the chameleon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "picks", "carcasses", "shall", "wash", "clothes", "unclean", "until", and "evening". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "picks" and "carcasses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Also whatever walks on its paws among..." into verse 29's "Now these are to you the unclean...", so "picks" and "carcasses" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "picks" and "carcasses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.