Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it. New Living Translation “Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten, but only by people who are ceremonially clean. English Standard Version “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, Berean Standard Bible Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it. King James Bible And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. New King James Version ‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are clean may eat of it. New American Standard Bible ‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. NASB 1995 Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. NASB 1977 ‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. Legacy Standard Bible ‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. Amplified Bible ‘The meat that comes in contact with anything that is unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire. As for other meat, everyone who is [ceremonially] clean may eat it. Christian Standard Bible “Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat. Holman Christian Standard Bible Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat. American Standard Version And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof: Contemporary English Version Don't eat any of the meat that has touched something unclean. Instead, burn it. The rest of the meat may be eaten by anyone who is clean and acceptable to me. English Revised Version And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof: GOD'S WORD® Translation "Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned. Anyone who is clean may eat from these sacrifices. Good News Translation If the meat comes into contact with anything ritually unclean, it must not be eaten, but must be burned. Any of you that are ritually clean may eat the meat, International Standard Version "Meat that comes in contact with a ceremonially unclean thing is not to be eaten. Incinerate it instead. As for ceremonially clean meat, anyone who is clean may eat it. Majority Standard Bible Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it. NET Bible The 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. New Heart English Bible "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may eat it; Webster's Bible Translation And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that shall be clean shall eat of it. World English Bible “‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the flesh which comes against any unclean thing is not eaten; it is burned with fire; as for the flesh, every clean one eats of the flesh; Young's Literal Translation 'And the flesh which cometh against any unclean thing is not eaten; with fire it is burnt; as to the flesh, every clean one doth eat of the flesh; Smith's Literal Translation And the flesh which shall touch upon any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt in fire: and of all clean flesh, the flesh shall be eaten. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe flesh that hath touched any unclean thing, shall not be eaten, but shall be burnt with fire: he that is clean shall eat of it. Catholic Public Domain Version The flesh that has touched anything unclean shall not be eaten, but it shall be burnt with fire. He that is clean will feed on it. New American Bible Should the meat touch anything unclean, it may not be eaten, but shall be burned in the fire. As for other meat, all who are clean may eat of it. New Revised Standard Version Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned up. As for other flesh, all who are clean may eat such flesh. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire; and as for the meat, all who are clean shall eat of it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the flesh that will touch anything that is defiled shall not be eaten but will burn up in fire, and everyone who is pure will eat the flesh. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof. Brenton Septuagint Translation And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; every one that is clean shall eat the flesh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Peace Offering…18If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. 19Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it. 20But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.… Cross References Leviticus 11:24-28 These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, / and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. / Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean. ... Leviticus 11:39-40 If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening. / Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Leviticus 22:4-7 If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— / the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. ... Numbers 19:11-16 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. ... Deuteronomy 14:3-21 You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ... Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. Ezekiel 44:23 They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean. Haggai 2:13 So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. Matthew 15:11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” Mark 7:18-23 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) / He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. ... Acts 10:14-15 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. Romans 14:14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. 1 Corinthians 8:7-13 But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. / But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. / Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ... 1 Corinthians 10:18-21 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? / Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. ... Treasury of Scripture And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. Leviticus 11:24-39 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even… Numbers 19:11-16 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days… Luke 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Jump to Previous Burned Burnt Ceremonially Clean Eat Eaten Fire Flesh Food Meat Peace-Offerings Thereof Touched Touches Toucheth UncleanJump to Next Burned Burnt Ceremonially Clean Eat Eaten Fire Flesh Food Meat Peace-Offerings Thereof Touched Touches Toucheth UncleanLeviticus 7 1. The law of the trespass offering11. and of the peace offering 12. whether it be for a thanksgiving 16. or a vow, or a free will offering 22. the fat and the blood are forbidden 28. The priests' portion in the peace offerings 35. The whole summed up Meat that touches anything unclean In the Hebrew text, the word for "meat" is "בָּשָׂר" (basar), which refers to flesh or food. The concept of "unclean" (טָמֵא, tamei) is central to Levitical law, signifying ritual impurity. This phrase underscores the importance of maintaining purity in worship and daily life. The Israelites were called to be a holy people, set apart for God, and this required strict adherence to purity laws. The idea of something clean becoming unclean through contact is a powerful metaphor for the corrupting influence of sin. must not be eaten it shall be burned up As for other meat anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it And as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.--Better, And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat the flesh--that is, any one whom the offerer invites may partake of the sacrificial repast, provided he is legally clean. Hebrew Meatוְהַבָּשָׂ֞ר (wə·hab·bā·śār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that touches יִגַּ֤ע (yig·ga‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike anything בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every unclean טָמֵא֙ (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean must not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be eaten; יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל (yê·’ā·ḵêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat it is to be burned up. יִשָּׂרֵ֑ף (yiś·śā·rêp̄) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8313: To be, on fire As for בָּשָֽׂר׃ (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man any other meat, וְהַ֨בָּשָׂ֔ר (wə·hab·bā·śār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man anyone כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every who is clean טָה֖וֹר (ṭā·hō·wr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2889: Clean, pure may eat it. יֹאכַ֥ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat Links Leviticus 7:19 NIVLeviticus 7:19 NLT Leviticus 7:19 ESV Leviticus 7:19 NASB Leviticus 7:19 KJV Leviticus 7:19 BibleApps.com Leviticus 7:19 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 7:19 Chinese Bible Leviticus 7:19 French Bible Leviticus 7:19 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 7:19 The flesh that touches any unclean thing (Le Lv Lev.) |