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The Logic of Contamination
Commentators explain the practical logic behind this rule. Dry seed has a protective outer shell, but when water is added, the seed softens and becomes porous. This allows the ritual impurity from a dead creature to penetrate and saturate the seed, rendering it unclean. This is similar to how a porous clay pot would absorb defilement.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 11:38
19th Century
Bishop
But if any water be put upon the seed. —The case, however, is different when the grain is moistened, because the fluid so…
John Gill
On Leviticus 11:38
17th Century
Pastor
But if [any] water be put upon the seed
Either accidentally or on purpose; whether on sowing seed, and with water wi…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 11:1–47
17th Century
Minister
These laws seem to have been intended,
As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…