Leviticus 11:8

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“You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.”

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BSBPD

“You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come--unclean they <FI>are<Fi> to you.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 11:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 5:2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
  2. Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  3. Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
  4. Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
  5. Matthew 15:20These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
  6. Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
  7. Mark 7:15Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
  8. Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  9. Acts 10:10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
  10. Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
  11. Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
  12. Romans 14:14I 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.
  13. Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
  14. 1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
  15. 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  16. Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
  17. Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  18. Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
  19. Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
  20. Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

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