Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 7:21
21If anyone touches any unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings belonging to Adonai, that soul is to be cut off from his people.”
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
19“The meat that touches any unclean thing is not to be eaten. It is to be burned up with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it, 20but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings belonging to Adonai, having his uncleanness on him, that soul is to be cut off from his people. If anyone touches any unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal or any unclean detestable thing, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings belonging to Adonai, that soul is to be cut off from his people.” 22Adonai spoke to Moses, saying: 23“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying: You are to eat no fat of a bull or sheep or goat.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 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 5:2“Or if a person touches any unclean thing—whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of unclean creeping things, though it is hidden from him, still he is unclean and he will be guilty.
- Leviticus 5:12He is to bring it to the kohen, then the kohen is to take his handful of it as the memorial portion and burn it up as smoke on the altar, on Adonai’s offerings by fire. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 15:1Adonai spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
- Leviticus 22:4“None of the offspring of Aaron who has tza'arat or has a discharge shall eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead or a man whose seed discharges from him
- Numbers 19:11“Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Leviticus 11:24“Moreover, by these also you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcasses should be unclean until the evening.
- Deuteronomy 14:7Yet of those that chew the cud or have a split hoof, you are not to eat the camel, the hare, and the rabbit—because they chew the cud but do not split the hoof, they are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:10But any that do not have fins and scales in the seas or the rivers, among those that swarm on the waters, or among any of the living creatures that are in the waters, they are loathsome to you.
- Deuteronomy 14:3You are not to eat any detestable thing.
- Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, “Ah, Adonai Elohim ! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up until now have I not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts. Tainted meat has never come into my mouth.”
- Leviticus 7:20but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings belonging to Adonai, having his uncleanness on him, that soul is to be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 17:10“Anyone from the house of Israel, or from the outsiders dwelling among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul—the one who eats blood—and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 18:29For whoever does any of these detestable things, the souls that do them are to be cut off from the midst of their people.
- Genesis 17:14But the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin—that person will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Exodus 12:15For seven days you are to eat matzot , but on the first day you must remove hametz from your houses, for whoever eats hametz from the first day until the seventh day, that soul will be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 30:33Whoever mixes any like it, or whoever puts any of it on anyone unauthorized, 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
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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
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