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Leviticus 11

Lev. 11:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Of their flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
shall ye not eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and their carcase
nbelah (Hebrew #5038)
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
KJV usage: (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
Pronounce: neb-ay-law'
Origin: from 5034
shall ye not touch
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
f; they are unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2931)
foul in a relig. sense
KJV usage: defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: from 2930
to you.
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Isa. 52:11• 11--Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah. (Isa. 52:11)
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Acts 10:10‑15• 10And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
 11and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
 13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
 15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common. (Acts 10:10‑15)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Col. 2:21• 21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch, (Col. 2:21)

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they are unclean.
Lev. 5:2• 2Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of an unclean crawling thing, and it be hid from him,--he also is unclean and guilty; (Lev. 5:2)
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Isa. 52:11• 11--Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah. (Isa. 52:11)
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Hos. 9:3• 3They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean. (Hos. 9:3)
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Matt. 15:11,20• 11Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
 20these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man. (Matt. 15:11,20)
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Mark 7:2,15,18• 2and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
 15There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
 18And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him, (Mark 7:2,15,18)
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Acts 10:10‑15• 10And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
 11and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
 13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
 15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common. (Acts 10:10‑15)
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Acts 10:28• 28And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean. (Acts 10:28)
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Acts 15:29• 29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell. (Acts 15:29)
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Rom. 14:14‑17,21• 14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.
 15For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.
 16Let not then your good be evil spoken of;
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
 21It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak. (Rom. 14:14‑17,21)
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1 Cor. 8:8• 8But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage. (1 Cor. 8:8)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:7,11• 7Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;
 11and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them, (Eph. 5:7,11)
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Col. 2:16,21‑23• 16Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
 21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
 22(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,
 23(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to the satisfaction of the flesh. (Col. 2:16,21‑23)
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Heb. 9:10• 10consisting only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until the time of setting things right. (Heb. 9:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.