Leviticus 22:8
in Leviticus 22He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
KJV
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The pollution in the priests would be an aggravated one, inasmuch as they would have to forego their sacred functions. Compare Eze 4:14; Eze 44:31. The general prohibition occurs in Lev 11:39; Lev 17:15; Exo 22:31.
This site's exposition
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge
on Leviticus 22:4-9
A priest with a skin disease or a discharge "may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean". The remedy is water and sunset, and verse 7 gives the reason for his quick return, "for they are his food".
This site's exposition
anything found dead or torn by wild animals
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown tie this rule to the law against eating meat with its blood, which reached any animal dying naturally or from disease. Albert Barnes notes that the pollution weighed heavier on a priest, since it kept him from his sacred duties. Uncleanness cost him his service.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But an express precept was necessary to show them that whatever died naturally or from disease, was prohibited to them by the operation of that law which forbade them the use of any meat with its blood.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נְבֵלָ֧ה | nevelah | a carcass | H5038 → | 48 times |
| וּטְרֵפָ֛ה | uterefah | and a torn animal | H2966 → | 9 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹאכַ֖ל | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| לְטָמְאָה־ | letameah- | to become unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| בָ֑הּ | vah | by <the> it | ||
| אֲנִ֖י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
נְבֵלָ֧הa carcass
nevelahH5038 →48 times
וּטְרֵפָ֛הand a torn animal
uterefahH2966 →9 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֹאכַ֖לhe will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
לְטָמְאָה־to become unclean
letameah-H2930 →162 times
בָ֑הּby <the> it
vah
אֲנִ֖יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 22:31You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 4:14
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- Ezekiel 4:14
Through
Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:21
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are…
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
Through
Leviticus 7:24The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
it leads to
- Exodus 22:31
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 17:15
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 22:31
Through
Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are…
it leads to
- Exodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Exodus 23:19
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.