Leviticus 11:36 (WEB)

Passage

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:34 All food 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.

Leviticus 11:35 Everything whereupon part of their carcass 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.

Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nevertheless", "spring", "cistern", "water", "gathered", "shall", "clean", and "touches". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nevertheless" and "spring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls..." into verse 37's "If part of their carcass falls on...", so "nevertheless" and "spring" 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 "nevertheless" and "spring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.