Leviticus 22:8 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 22:8

He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נְבֵלָ֧ה	ne.ve.Lah	a carcass	H5038 →
וּטְרֵפָ֛ה	u.te.re.Fah	and a torn animal	H2966 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יֹאכַ֖ל	yo.Khal	he will eat	H398 →
לְטָמְאָה־	le.ta.me.'ah-	to become unclean	H2930 →
בָ֑הּ	Vah	by <the> it
אֲנִ֖י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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 independent 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.
Through
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…
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Leviticus 7:24
The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat 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 independent 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 independent paths from here.
Through
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…
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.”

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Leviticus