New English Translation
Leviticus 11:8
8You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
- New International Version (NIV)You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.
Context of Leviticus 11:8
6The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. 7The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud. You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. 9“‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat. 10But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:8 word by word
מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖ם לֹ֣א תִגָּ֑עוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:8
- Leviticus 5:2Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;
- Isaiah 52:11Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the Lord’s holy items!
- Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
- Matthew 15:11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
- Mark 7:2And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
- Acts 10:10He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
- Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
- Acts 15:29that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
- Romans 14:14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
- Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them,
- Colossians 2:16Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –
- Colossians 2:21“Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”
- Hebrews 9:10They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:8
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8Some scholars think people avoided ceremonially unclean animals for health reasons. But evidence does not support this suggestion. Horse meat, for instance, is as healthy as beef, yet it was "unclean" because the horse does not have a split hoof (see Leviticus 11:2–3). These rules existed because an unclean animal was not suitable as an offering to God. So, it was likewise not suitable as food for God's people. Jesus proclaimed all foods clean for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-471-2. the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron--These laws, being addressed to both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers in Israel, may serve to indicate the twofold view that is to be taken of them. Undoubtedly the first and strongest reason for instituting a distinction among meats was to discourage the Israelites from spreading into other countries, and from general intercourse with the world--to prevent them acquiring familiarity with the inhabitants of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 11
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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