Leviticus 7:21

Leviticus 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Anyone who touches something unclean—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

Context of Leviticus 7:21

19Some meat may touch something that is not clean. Nobody should eat that meat. People must burn it. Only a clean person can eat the meat that is a gift to God. 20A person who is not clean might eat the friendship offering to the Lord. If he does, they must send him away from Israel's people. A person might touch something that is not clean. He must not eat the meat of the offering to the Lord. That person must not eat it if he has touched an unclean animal or an unclean person. If he does eat it, they must send him away. They must send him away from Israel's people.’ 22The Lord said to Moses, 23‘Tell Israel's people this. They must not eat the fat from sheep, cows or goats.

Leviticus 7:21 word by word

וְנֶ֜פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תִגַּ֣ע בְּכָל־טָמֵ֗א בְּטֻמְאַ֤ת אָדָם֙ א֣וֹ׀ בִּבְהֵמָ֣ה טְמֵאָ֗ה א֚וֹ בְּכָל־שֶׁ֣קֶץ טָמֵ֔א וְאָכַ֛ל מִבְּשַׂר־זֶ֥בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַיהוָ֑ה וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• that shall touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• any uncleanטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• or any abominableשֶׁ֫קֶץsheqets · detestationH8263
• and eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of the sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• of peace offeringsשֶׁ֫לֶםshelem · peace offeringH8002
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from his peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:21

• Leviticus 5:2God has said that some animals and insects are not clean. A person may touch a dead animal or an insect like that. If he does, he is doing something wrong. It is a sin even if he did not really want to touch it.
• Leviticus 5:12He must take it to the priest. The priest will burn some of the flour on the altar as a special part of the flour. It is a sin offering to the Lord.
• Leviticus 15:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
• Leviticus 22:4If a son of Aaron has a skin disease, he must not eat the holy gifts. If pus is coming from his body, he is not clean. He must not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. He might touch something that has touched a dead body. Or if he touches an unclean man, he will become unclean. The man may be unclean because semen is coming from his body.
• Numbers 19:11Any person who touches a dead body will not be clean for seven days.
• Leviticus 11:24A person may touch the dead body of an animal that is not clean. If he does, that person is not clean either. They must keep him separate from the other people until the evening.
• Deuteronomy 14:7But you must not eat these animals: camels, wild rabbits and rock badgers. They eat their food a second time, but they do not have feet with two separate parts. For this reason they are unclean food for you.
• Leviticus 11:10They must not eat any other animals from the sea or the river. They must keep away from them.
• Deuteronomy 14:3Do not eat anything that God says is unclean.
• Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, ‘No, Almighty Lord, I could not use human dung. It would make me unclean. Since I was a child I have never eaten any food that would make me unclean. I have never eaten meat from a dead animal that people have found. I have not eaten meat from an animal that wild animals have killed.’
• Leviticus 7:20A person who is not clean might eat the friendship offering to the Lord. If he does, they must send him away from Israel's people.
• Leviticus 17:10An Israelite or a foreigner who lives among you must not eat blood. And they must not drink it. If somebody does, God will turn away from him. He will take that person away from his people.
• Leviticus 18:29You must send away any person who does any of these bad things.
• Genesis 17:14If any male person among you has not been circumcised, I will not accept him as one of my people. He must become separate from his people. He has not obeyed my covenant.’
• Exodus 12:15For seven days, you must eat flat bread that has no yeast in it. On the first day of the Passover festival, you must take all the yeast out of your houses. During those seven days, if anyone eats bread with yeast in it, he will no longer belong to my people, the Israelites.
• Exodus 30:33Nobody must make a perfume that has a sweet smell like this oil. Nobody must put this oil on any person who is not a priest. Anyone who does not obey this rule will no longer belong to my people.” ’

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The uncleanness of man - Any ulcer, sore, or leprosy; or any sort of cutaneous disorder, either loathsome or infectious.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Unclean beast - that is, carrion of any kind. See Exodus 31:14 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-27Verses 11-27 As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21cut off: This expression can mean three serious things: God judged the person, and they died early from natural causes (Leviticus 17:10–14). The community executed the person (see Exodus 31:14). The person lost membership in Israel. This was either by expulsion (like excommunication) or being shunned and treated as ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 18:24–30; see 23:29–30, where "cut off" seems different from "destroy").Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. abominable unclean thing--Some copies of the Bible read, "any reptile."Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 7:21

• Animals
• Defilement
• Purification
• Sanitation
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Peace offerings
• Morrow
• Wave offerings
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Detestable, Things
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings