Leviticus 7:19
in Leviticus 7Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 shall eat thereof:
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIt is a case adjudged ( Hag. ii. 12 ) that the holy flesh could not by its touch communicate holiness to what was common; but by this law it is determined that by the touch of that which was unclean it received pollution from it, which intimates that the infection of sin is more easily and more frequently communicated than the savour of grace.
This site's exposition
a vow or a freewill offering
on Leviticus 7:16-22
A vow or a freewill offering may be eaten on a second day and a thanksgiving offering may not. Meat eaten on the third day will not be accepted, so an offering already made can be spoiled afterward.
This site's exposition
Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten
Holy meat that touches anything unclean is burned, and anyone clean may eat the rest. Matthew Henry sets this beside Haggai 2:12, where holy flesh could not make common things holy by touch. He draws the lesson that the infection of sin passes more easily than the savour of grace.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten,....
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַבָּשָׂ֞ר | vehabasar | and the meat | H1320 → | 270 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִגַּ֤ע | yiga' | it will touch | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | <in> any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טָמֵא֙ | tame' | unclean [thing] | H2931 → | 88 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| בָּאֵ֖שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| יִשָּׂרֵ֑ף | yisaref | it will be burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
| וְהַ֨בָּשָׂ֔ר | vehabasar | and the meat | H1320 → | 270 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טָה֖וֹר | tahor | pure [person] | H2889 → | 94 times |
| יֹאכַ֥ל | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| בָּשָֽׂר׃ | basar | meat | H1320 → | 270 times |
וְהַבָּשָׂ֞רand the meat
vehabasarH1320 →270 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִגַּ֤עit will touch
yiga'H5060 →150 times
בְּכָל־<in> any
bekholH3605 →5413 times
טָמֵא֙unclean [thing]
tame'H2931 →88 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵֽאָכֵ֔לit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
בָּאֵ֖שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
יִשָּׂרֵ֑ףit will be burned
yisarefH8313 →117 times
וְהַ֨בָּשָׂ֔רand the meat
vehabasarH1320 →270 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
טָה֖וֹרpure [person]
tahorH2889 →94 times
יֹאכַ֥לhe will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
בָּשָֽׂר׃meat
basarH1320 →270 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
Romans 14:14I 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.
it leads to
- Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 4:4
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- Romans 14:2
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it…
- Acts 10:14–15
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- Titus 1:15
Through
Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
it leads to
- Romans 14:14–15
I 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.
- Matthew 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned…
- Romans 14:14–15
Through
Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
it leads to
- Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 12:33
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.