Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
- NKJV And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
- NASB Moreover, everything 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.
- NLT Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.
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Quick answer
Even ovens and cooking stoves must be broken if a carcass touches them. No object was too valuable to sacrifice for the sake of purity.
Overview
Whatever a carcass falls on—oven or stove—must be broken to pieces because it remains unclean. The repeated insistence that defiled things be destroyed taught Israel the costliness of holiness. It anticipates the gospel call to put to death whatever defiles, counting all loss for the sake of Christ (Philippians 3:8).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 15:12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
- Lev 6:28The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
- Lev 11:33If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
- 2 Cor 5:1–7Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
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