Leviticus 11:37 (LSB)

Passage

And if a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:35 Everything, moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

Leviticus 11:37 And if a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.

Leviticus 11:38 Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:39 ‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "part", "carcass", "falls", "seed", "sowing", "sown", and "clean". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "part" and "carcass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting..." into verse 38's "Though if water is put on the...", so "part" and "carcass" 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 "part" and "carcass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.