Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 22:8
8A carcass or what is torn by beasts he is not to eat, becoming unclean by it. I am Adonai.
Leviticus 22:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.
Context of Leviticus 22:8
6the person who touches any such thing will be unclean until the evening, and is not to eat of the holy things, unless he has bathed his body in water. 7When the sun sets, he will become clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it is his food. A carcass or what is torn by beasts he is not to eat, becoming unclean by it. I am Adonai. 9“Therefore kohanim should keep My charge, so that they do not become guilty of sin and die should they profane it. I am Adonai who sanctifies them. 10“No layman is to eat from the holy offering. A foreigner living with the kohanim or a hired servant is not to eat from the holy offering.
Read all of Leviticus 22Leviticus 22:8 word by word
נְבֵלָ֧ה וּטְרֵפָ֛ה לֹ֥א יֹאכַ֖ל לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 22:8
- Leviticus 17:15“Everyone who eats what dies naturally or is torn by animals—whether he is native-born or a foreigner—is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. He will be unclean until the evening, then he will be clean.
- Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the outsider within your gates so that he may eat it or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people to Adonai your God. You are not to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Ezekiel 44:31The kohanim may not eat any carcass, whether bird or beast, that dies of itself or is torn.”
Commentaries on Leviticus 22:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The pollution in the priests would be an aggravated one, inasmuch as they would have to forego their sacred functions. Compare Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 44:31. The general prohibition occurs in Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 17:15; Exodus 22:31.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33This section, which discusses priestly rules, six times repeats the phrase I am the Lord who sanctifies (Leviticus 21:15, 23; 22:9, 16, 32; see also 21:8). These words emphasize the link between God's holiness and the holiness expected of priests. This extended to all of Israel (see 8:10; 11:44–45; 19:2). The text specifically addresses priests in 21:1–22:16, while including both clergy and common people in 22:17–33.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. dieth of itself--The feelings of nature revolt against such food. It might have been left to the discretion of the Hebrews, who it may be supposed (like the people of all civilized nations) would have abstained from the use of it without any positive interdict. But an express precept was necessary to show them that whatever died naturally or from disease, was prohibited to them by the operation of that law which forbade them the use of any meat with…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 22
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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