“ ‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it; but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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“ ‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it;
but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean detestable thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Cross-references (36)
- Leviticus 5:2-3 (v21) “ ‘Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the…
- Leviticus 11:10-13 (v21) All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the…
- Leviticus 11:20 (v21) “ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
- Leviticus 12:1–13:59 (v21) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be…
- Leviticus 15:1-33 (v21) Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body,…
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- Leviticus 15:2-33 (v20) “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. This…
- Ezekiel 4:14 (v21) Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which…
- Romans 14:20 (v19) Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by…
- Genesis 17:14 (vv20–21) The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my…
- Numbers 19:11-16 (vv19, 21) “He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the…
- Exodus 12:15 (v21) “ ‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened…
- Exodus 12:19 (v21) There shall be no yeast found in your houses for seven days, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the…
- Exodus 30:33-38 (v21) Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’ ” Yahweh said to Moses, “Take…
- Leviticus 7:20 (v21) but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul…
- Leviticus 7:25 (v21) For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off…
- Leviticus 7:27 (v21) Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
- Leviticus 11:24-39 (v19) “ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. Whoever carries any part of their…
- Leviticus 11:24-42 (v21) “ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. Whoever carries any part of their…
- Leviticus 17:10 (v21) “ ‘Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face…
- Leviticus 17:14 (v21) For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, “You shall not eat the blood of…
- Leviticus 18:29 (v21) “ ‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Leviticus 22:3-7 (v20) “Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy…
- Leviticus 22:4 (v21) “ ‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches…
- Deuteronomy 14:3 (v21) You shall not eat any abominable thing.
- Deuteronomy 14:7-8 (v21) Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit.…
- Deuteronomy 14:10 (v21) You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.
- Deuteronomy 14:12-20 (v21) But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, the red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind, every…
- Luke 11:41 (v19) But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
- Acts 10:15-16 (v19) A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.” This was done three times, and immediately…
- Acts 10:28 (v19) He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation,…
- Romans 14:14 (v19) I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to…
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 (v20) But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 (v19) Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Titus 1:15 (v19) To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v19 Of the peace offering that is clean.
Of the peace offering that is clean.
After it be sacrificed.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv19–21 Lev 7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean…
Lev 7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
Ver. 19. Shall not be eaten.] Because not fit to represent Christ.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv19–21 The flesh, to wit, of the holy offering, of…
The flesh, to wit, of the holy offering, of which he is here treating; and therefore the general word is to be so limited; for other flesh one might eat in this case, Deu 12:15,22.
That toucheth any unclean thing, after its oblation; which might easily happen, as it was conveyed from the altar to the place where it was eaten; for it was not eaten in the holy place, as appears, because it was eaten by the priests, together with the offerers, who might not come thither.
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As for the flesh, i.e. the other flesh; that which shall not be polluted by any unclean touch.
All that be clean, whether priests or offerers, or guests invited to the feast. See 1Sa 9:12; 20:26. Both the flesh and the eaters of it must be clean.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv19–21 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of…
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord,.... That are offered up to him, and so are holy, and therefore not to be eaten by unholy persons, or by any
having his uncleanness upon him; a profluvious person that has an issue running out of him, a gonorrhoea; see Lev 15:2.
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even that soul shall be cut off from his people; be disfranchised as an Israelite, be debarred the privileges of the sanctuary, or be cut off by death before the usual time and term of man's life; so those that eat and drink unworthily in the supper of our Lord, where his flesh is eaten and his blood drank, eat and drink damnation to themselves, Co1 11:29.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv19–21 And the flesh - Namely of the holy offering,…
And the flesh - Namely of the holy offering, of which he is here treating; and therefore the general word is to be so limited; for other flesh one might eat in this case. That toucheth - After its oblation; which might easily happen, as it was conveyed from the altar to the place where it was eaten: for it was not eaten in the holy place, as appears, because it was eaten by the priests, together with the offerers, who might not come thither. The flesh - That is, the other flesh; that which shall not be polluted by any unclean touch. All that are clean - Whether priests or offerers, or guests invited to the feast.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv20–21 Verse 20. Having his uncleanness upon him] Having touched…
Verse 20. Having his uncleanness upon him] Having touched any unclean thing by which he became legally defiled, and had not washed his clothes, and bathed his flesh.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v19 Lev 7:19-21. All that be clean shall eat thereof…
Lev 7:19-21. All that be clean shall eat thereof — Whether priests, or offerers, or guests invited. Both the flesh and the eaters of it must be clean. The soul that eateth — Knowingly; for if it were done ignorantly, a sacrifice was accepted for it. Having his uncleanness upon him — Not being cleansed according to the appointment, Lev 11:24, &c. Shall be cut off from his people — That is, excluded from all the privileges of an Israelite. The intention of all these precepts was to preserve the greater reverence and regard for things sacred, and to signify, that all who live in sin not repented of and mortified, are rejected when they draw nigh to God in outward acts of worship.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v21 Unclean beast - that is, carrion of any kind.…
Unclean beast - that is, carrion of any kind. See Lev. 11.
Shall be cut off - See the Exo 31:14 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv19–21 Shall eat of it. That is, of the flesh…
Shall eat of it. That is, of the flesh of the thanks-offering. (Challoner) --- People might eat the flesh of animals which had been touched by something unclean, Deuteronomy xii. 15, 22. But victims, defiled by any accident, were to be burnt. The others were to be eaten only by such as were clean. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv20–21 cut off from his people--that is, excluded from the…
cut off from his people--that is, excluded from the privileges of an Israelite--lie under a sentence of excommunication.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v20 20. The soul… having his uncleanness — This verse…
20. The soul… having his uncleanness — This verse implies that there is an order in the religious exercises of the Hebrews. The ceremonially impure could bring but one acceptable oblation, the sin offering, for the removal of his defilement. Eucharistic offerings from hands impure are not a sweet savour unto Jehovah, but a stench in his nostrils. The first duty of an impenitent sinner is not to lay earthly holocausts upon God’s altar, but to “cease to do evil.”
That soul shall be cut off from his people — This must be understood as the punishment of an audacious and defiant trampling down of Jehovah’s authority, a high-handed sin, and not a mere inadvertence. The cutting off denotes not mere excommunication, but, “the punishment of death in general, without defining the manner.” — Gesenius. Probation is made up of small things. These are tests of character more practicable than requirements of greater seeming importance. Divine authority infuses a moral element into mere ritualism.
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Hence positive precepts, as the Christian sacraments, are often a higher test of faith than commandments, which find their reason in man’s moral nature. See Butler’s Analogy, part ii, chap. 1.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv19, 21 19–21. The sacrificial flesh must not be brought into…
19–21. The sacrificial flesh must not be brought into contact with anything that is unclean, nor eaten by anyone that is unclean. Special cases of ritual impurity are enumerated in chs. 11–15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–20 (19) And the flesh that toucheth.—Not only does the…
(19) And the flesh that toucheth.—Not only does the sacrificial flesh become desecrated when left by itself beyond the prescribed period, but when it comes in contact with what is unclean, man, woman, or animal, which might happen whilst it is carried from the altar to the place where it is eaten, it becomes defiled, and must be burnt, so that no profane use is made of it.
And as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.—Better, And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat the flesh—that is, any one whom the offerer invites may partake of the sacrificial repast, provided he is legally clean.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv19–20 That which is itself unclean makes whatever it touches…
That which is itself unclean makes whatever it touches unclean also.
So in the moral sphere, "evil communications corrupt good manners", (1Co_15:33) and "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump", (1Co_5:6) and so with respect to the spread of heresy, "Their word will eat as doth a canker (or gangrene)". (2Ti_2:17)
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On the other hand, that which is itself holy makes that which it touches to be holy. (Lev_6:18) Therefore, when the Holy One was on the earth, "the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them"; (Luk_6:19) and they "brought unto him all that were diseased; and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole". (Mat_14:35, Mat_14:36) Thus the woman with an issue of blood "came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.... And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately". (Luk_8:44-47) Hence, when mankind had fallen in Adam, for the restoration of the race a new Head was found in Christ Jesus, into whom each person is baptized, and by a mystical contact with whom he may be sanctified.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v19 That soul shall be cut off.
Lev_7:19-21
That soul shall be cut off.
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Impurity forbidden
The gospel is a holy feast. It cannot be shared in by those who continue in their impurities. He that would enjoy it must be careful to depart from iniquity. Only the meek shall eat and be satisfied; that is, such as humbly surrender themselves to Gods requirements, and are really determined to forsake all known sin. There is a morality in religion, as well as faith and ecstasy. Grace does not make void the law. And faith without works is a dead and useless faith. Though we are redeemed by blood and justified gratuitously by believing in Christ, yet that redemption obligates us just as much, and still more, to a life of virtue and moral uprightness than the law itself. We are not under law, as those are under it for whom Christs mediation does not avail; but still we are under law to Christ, and bound through Him to a practical holiness, the pattern of which He has given in His own person and life. If His blood has purged us, it is that we might serve the living God. If we are Gods workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, it is unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. A pure life must needs go along with a good hope. Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. A good tree cannot produce evil fruit. And for a man to believe himself an accepted guest at the gospel feast while living in wilful, deliberate, and known sin, is a miserable antinomian delusion. The plain gospel truth upon this subject is, that, although we cannot be saved by our works alone, we certainly dare not hope to be saved without them, or without being heartily and effectually made up to do our best. Wherever grace is effective, a well-ordered morality must necessarily follow. (J. A. Seiss, D. D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv19, 21 Any meat that touches an unclean thing must not…
Any meat that touches an unclean thing must not be eaten
This can be translated in active form. AT: "No one may eat meat that touches something unclean" (See: Active or Passive)
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an unclean thing
Something that Yahweh has stated is unfit to touch or eat is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
It must be burned
This can be translated in active form. AT: "You must burn it" (See: Active or Passive)
anyone who is clean
A person who is acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)
unclean person
A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
that person must be cut off from his people
A person being excluded from his community is spoken of as if he had been cut off from his people, as one would cut a piece of cloth or cut a branch from a tree. This can be translated in active form. AT: "that person may no longer live among his people" or "you must separate that person from his people" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
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peace offering
Yahweh
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people group
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv19–20 7:19-21 Anything that was ceremonially unclean could not come…
7:19-21 Anything that was ceremonially unclean could not come into contact with what was holy (7:20). Although uncleanness was not sinful in itself, it symbolized what was unholy (see Exod 19:10).
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