THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Why is it that a lifeless body does not render seed defiled when it falls on dry seed, yet it does make moist seed unclean (Lev. 11:37, 38)? This is because the moisture enhances the seed’s capacity to absorb impurities.
Leviticus 11:37Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.
וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־כָּל־זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Cor 15:37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be: but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.
- 1 John 3:9Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
- 1 Pet 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
- 1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not.