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

19The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat. 20The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people. When a person touches anything unclean (whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people.’” 22Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 23“Tell the Israelites, ‘You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat.

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 5:2Or 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;
• Leviticus 5:12He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord – it is a sin offering.
• Leviticus 15:1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
• Leviticus 22:4No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,
• Numbers 19:11“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
• Leviticus 11:24“‘By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,
• Deuteronomy 14:7However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you).
• Leviticus 11:10But 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.
• Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any forbidden thing.
• Ezekiel 4:14And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”
• Leviticus 7:20The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people.
• Leviticus 17:10“‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,
• Leviticus 18:29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.
• Genesis 17:14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement.”
• Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.
• Exodus 30:33Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his 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