Leviticus 11:36
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But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.

a fountain

Zechariah 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman.

John 4:14 But the water that I will give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.

Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
35And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean. 36But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.37If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.…
Cross References
Leviticus 11:35
And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.

Leviticus 11:37
If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.

Lexicon
Nevertheless,
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

a spring
מַעְיָ֥ן (ma‘·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4599: A fountain, a source

or cistern
וּב֛וֹר (ū·ḇō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well

containing
מִקְוֵה־ (miq·wêh-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4723: Something waited for, confidence, a collection, a pond, a caravan, drove

water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

will remain
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

clean,
טָה֑וֹר (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: Clean, pure

but one who touches
וְנֹגֵ֥עַ (wə·nō·ḡê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

a carcass in it
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם (bə·niḇ·lā·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5038: A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol

will be unclean.
יִטְמָֽא׃ (yiṭ·mā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean


Additional Translations
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

Only if the water be of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean.

Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

'Only -- a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean;
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