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Leviticus 26:29

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

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ASV

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

KJV

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

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6 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖םva.'a.khal.Temand you will eatH398 →
בְּשַׂ֣רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320 →
בְּנֵיכֶ֑םbe.nei.Khemsons yourH1121 →
וּבְשַׂ֥רu.ve.Sarand [the] flesh ofH1320 →
בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.no.tei.Khemdaughters yourH1323 →
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃to.Khe.luyou will eatH398 →

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Deuteronomy 28:53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,2 Kings 6:29So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”Isaiah 36:12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Deuteronomy 28:53–57Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’2 Kings 6:28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?2 Kings 6:28–29Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’Jeremiah 19:9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’Isaiah 65:23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

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About Leviticus

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