Leviticus 11:37

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;”

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BSBPD

“If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and when <FI>any<Fi> of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown--it <FI>is<Fi> clean;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 11:37 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:37And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  2. 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  3. 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
  4. 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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