Leviticus 7:21
in Leviticus 7If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
KJV
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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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis 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
whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal
The second case is uncleanness picked up by touching something unclean before eating. Adam Clarke reads human uncleanness as an ulcer, a sore, leprosy or a skin disorder. Albert Barnes takes the unclean animal to mean carrion of any kind.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), that they pertain unto the Lord: whatever pertains to the Lord is sacred, and must be used with great reverence and not with unhallowed hands. " Be you holy, for God is holy, and you pertain to him." 4. The eating of blood and the fat of the inwards is here again prohibited; and the prohibition is annexed as before to the law of the peace-offerings, ch. iii.
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Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean thing,....
Holy things are only for holy persons; the holiness of the food being ceremonial, those were incapacitated to partake of it who lay under any ceremonial uncleanness; but we are hereby taught to preserve ourselves pure from all the pollutions of sin, that we may have the benefit and comfort of Christ's sacrifice, 1 Pet. ii.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The uncleanness of man - Any ulcer, sore, or leprosy; or any sort of cutaneous disorder, either loathsome or infectious.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Unclean beast - that is, carrion of any kind. See Lev. 11. Shall be cut off - See the Exo 31:14 note.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֶ֜פֶשׁ | venefesh | and anyone | H5315 → | 754 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תִגַּ֣ע | tiga' | it will touch | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | <in> any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טָמֵ֗א | tame' | unclean [thing] | H2931 → | 88 times |
| בְּטֻמְאַ֤ת | betumat | <in> [the] uncleanness of | H2932 → | 36 times |
| אָדָם֙ | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| א֣וֹ׀ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בִּבְהֵמָ֣ה | bivhemah | <in> livestock | H929 → | 190 times |
| טְמֵאָ֗ה | temeah | unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| א֚וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | <in> any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שֶׁ֣קֶץ | sheketz | detestable thing | H8263 → | 11 times |
| טָמֵ֔א | tame' | unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| וְאָכַ֛ל | veakhal | and he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִבְּשַׂר־ | mibesar- | any of [the] meat of | H1320 → | 270 times |
| זֶ֥בַח | zevach | [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| הַשְּׁלָמִ֖ים | hashelamim | the peace offering<s> | H8002 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | [belongs] to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה | venikhretah | and it will be cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ | hanefesh | the person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַהִ֖וא | hahiv' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פ | meameiha | from kinspeople<s> its | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וְנֶ֜פֶשׁand anyone
venefeshH5315 →754 times
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
תִגַּ֣עit will touch
tiga'H5060 →150 times
בְּכָל־<in> any
bekholH3605 →5413 times
טָמֵ֗אunclean [thing]
tame'H2931 →88 times
בְּטֻמְאַ֤ת<in> [the] uncleanness of
betumatH2932 →36 times
אָדָם֙humankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
א֣וֹ׀or
ʾoH176 →321 times
בִּבְהֵמָ֣ה<in> livestock
bivhemahH929 →190 times
טְמֵאָ֗הunclean
temeahH2931 →88 times
א֚וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בְּכָל־<in> any
bekholH3605 →5413 times
שֶׁ֣קֶץdetestable thing
sheketzH8263 →11 times
טָמֵ֔אunclean
tame'H2931 →88 times
וְאָכַ֛לand he will eat
veakhalH398 →810 times
מִבְּשַׂר־any of [the] meat of
mibesar-H1320 →270 times
זֶ֥בַח[the] sacrifice of
zevachH2077 →162 times
הַשְּׁלָמִ֖יםthe peace offering<s>
hashelamimH8002 →87 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לַיהוָ֑ה[belongs] to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְנִכְרְתָ֛הand it will be cut off
venikhretahH3772 →288 times
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person
hanefeshH5315 →754 times
הַהִ֖וא<the> that
hahiv'H1931 →1879 times
מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פfrom kinspeople<s> its
meameihaH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Leviticus 11:20All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
it leads to
- Jude 1:10
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- 2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Deuteronomy 14:19
All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
- 1 John 2:15–17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Leviticus 11:23
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
- Jude 1:10
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.