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Every thing whereupon [any 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.
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The Logic of Broken Pottery
Commentators explain that the ovens and pot ranges mentioned were made of earthenware. Unlike metal vessels that could be scoured, porous clay could not be ritually purified once contaminated. Therefore, the command to break them was a practical one within the logic of the purity system, ensuring that defilement was completely removed.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See Leviticus 2:4. The word rendered “ranges for pots” has been conjectured to mean either an excavated fireplace, fitted to receive a pair of oven…
19th Century
Anglican
And every thing. —That is, not only the previously mentioned garments and utensils become defiled by these carcasses, or any portion of th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And everything upon which [any part] of their carcass falls shall be unclean Before t…
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