Leviticus 11:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.”
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“You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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 DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 11:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
- Matthew 15:20These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
- Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- 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.”
- 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,
- Acts 10:10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 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.
- Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
- Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
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