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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• 11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. (Isa. 52:11)
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Acts 10:10‑15• 10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
 11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
 12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
 13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
 14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
 15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. (Acts 10:10‑15)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Col. 2:21• 21(Touch not; taste not; handle not; (Col. 2:21)

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they are unclean.
Lev. 5:2• 2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. (Lev. 5:2)
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Isa. 52:11• 11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. (Isa. 52:11)
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Hos. 9:3• 3They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. (Hos. 9:3)
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Matt. 15:11,20• 11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
 20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. (Matt. 15:11,20)
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Mark 7:2,15,18• 2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
 15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
 18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; (Mark 7:2,15,18)
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Acts 10:10‑15• 10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
 11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
 12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
 13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
 14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
 15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. (Acts 10:10‑15)
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Acts 10:28• 28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. (Acts 10:28)
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Acts 15:29• 29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. (Acts 15:29)
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Rom. 14:14‑17,21• 14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
 15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
 16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
 17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
 21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. (Rom. 14:14‑17,21)
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1 Cor. 8:8• 8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. (1 Cor. 8:8)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:7,11• 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (Eph. 5:7,11)
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Col. 2:16,21‑23• 16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
 21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
 22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
 23Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh. (Col. 2:16,21‑23)
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Heb. 9:10• 10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (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.