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Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:8

In 11 translations

BSB
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
KJV
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
WEB
You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
ASV
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
LSV
You do not eat of their flesh, and you do not come against their carcass—they [are] unclean to you.
YLT
'Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come — unclean they [are] to you.
DBY
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.
DRC
The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.
GNV
Of their flesh shall yee not eate, and their carkeise shall yee not touch: for they shall bee vncleane to you.
JPS
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
LXXE
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall not touch their carcases; these are unclean to you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖ם לֹ֣א תִגָּ֑עוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν αὐτῶν οὐ φάγεσθε, καὶ τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν οὐχ ἅψεσθε· ἀκάθαρτα ταῦτα ὑμῖν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
  • Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
  • Leviticus 5:2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
  • Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
  • Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  • Romans 14:14–17I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no…
  • Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
  • Colossians 2:21–23“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed…
  • Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
  • Acts 10:10–15He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained…
  • Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  • 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  • Matthew 15:20These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
  • Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  • Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
  • 1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

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