Reference

Leviticus 11:36

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
34

Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

35

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.

36

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

37

And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

38

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
Multi-Signal Classification
65% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Levitical Dietary Law

The verse is not about dietary law, but about ritual purity concerning water sources and dead animals. It specifies that a fountain or pit with sufficient water remains clean even if a carcass touches it, but the carcass itself makes whatever it touches unclean. This is a rule about ritual contamination, not about what can or cannot be eaten.

Symbolic / Spiritual Interpretation

The verse explicitly discusses physical objects (fountain, pit, water, carcass) and their ritual cleanliness or uncleanness, without any language that suggests a symbolic or spiritual meaning for these terms. It is a literal instruction regarding physical purity, not an allegory for inner states.