Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 11:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
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Role in This Section
This verse requires washing for carrying a pawed-animal carcass.
Read It With
- Leviticus 11:24-40
Start with 11:24-40 rather than Leviticus 11:28 alone. In that complete movement, this verse requires washing for carrying a pawed-animal carcass. The unit's controlling claim is: The text maps evening impurity, washing, broken earthenware, ovens, springs, seed, and edible animal carcasses through different contact outcomes.
Why It Needs Context
This verse requires washing for carrying a pawed-animal carcass. Its force depends on Leviticus 11:24-40, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 11:24-40 — Carcass contact affects bodies, vessels, food, seed, and waterSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 11:24-40, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 11:24-40
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