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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, depart, go out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; 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; and while they made ready, a trance came over him,
 11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and [the] birds of the sky.
 13And there came a voice unto him, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean.
 15And a voice [came] again a second time unto him, What God cleansed deem not thou 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 no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Col. 2:21• 21Handle not, neither taste, nor even touch (Col. 2:21)

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they are unclean.
Lev. 5:2• 2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hid from him, he also is unclean and guilty. (Lev. 5:2)
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Isa. 52:11• 11Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; 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• 3{i}They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.{/i} (Hos. 9:3)
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Matt. 15:11,20• 11{i}Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.{/i}
 20{i}these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.{/i} (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 to say, with unwashed, hands,
 15There is nothing from outside a man, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
 18And he says unto 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; and while they made ready, a trance came over him,
 11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and [the] birds of the sky.
 13And there came a voice unto him, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean.
 15And a voice [came] again a second time unto him, What God cleansed deem not thou common. (Acts 10:10‑15)
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Acts 10:28• 28and he said to them, Yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another race. And me God showed 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 blood, and things strangled, and fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves ye shall 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 by itself; unless to him that reckoneth anything to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
 15For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou art no longer walking in love. Do not with thy meat destroy him for whom Christ died.
 16Let not then your good be ill spoken of;
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in [the] Holy Spirit;
 21[It is] right not to eat flesh nor drink wine nor anything in which thy brother stumbleth [or is offended or is weak]. (Rom. 14:14‑17,21)
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1 Cor. 8:8• 8But meat shall not commend us to God; neither if we eat have we the advantage, nor if we eat not do we come short. (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 no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:7,11• 7Be not therefore fellow-partakers with them;
 11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove; (Eph. 5:7,11)
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Col. 2:16,21‑23• 16Let none therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast or new moon or Sabbaths,
 21Handle not, neither taste, nor even touch
 22(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the injunctions and trainings of men;
 23which have a reputation indeed of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and unsparingness of [the] body, not in any honour to satisfying of the flesh. (Col. 2:16,21‑23)
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Heb. 9:10• 10only with meats and drinks and different washings, ordinances of flesh imposed until a season of rectification. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch, they [are] unclean to you.