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Leviticus 17

Lev. 17:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andx every soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
that eateth
'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
δthat which died
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
of itself, or that which was torn
trephah (Hebrew #2966)
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
KJV usage: ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
Pronounce: ter-ay-faw'
Origin: feminine (collectively) of 2964
with beasts, whether it be one of your own country
'ezrach (Hebrew #249)
a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
KJV usage: bay tree, (home-)born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).
Pronounce: ez-rawkh'
Origin: from 2224 (in the sense of springing up)
, or a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
, hez shall both wash
kabac (Hebrew #3526)
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
KJV usage: fuller, wash(-ing).
Pronounce: kaw-bas'
Origin: a primitive root
his clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, and bathe
rachats (Hebrew #7364)
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
KJV usage: bathe (self), wash (self).
Pronounce: raw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
himself in water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
until the even
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
: then shall he be clean
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lev. 22:8• 8Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 22:8)
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Deut. 14:21• 21Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. (Deut. 14:21)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
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Ezek. 44:31• 31The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast. (Ezek. 44:31)
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a carcass.
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Lev. 11:25• 25And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:25)

More on:

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Bath, Bathing,
Beast,
Soul; Spirit,
Stranger,
Washing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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every soul.
Lev. 22:8• 8Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 22:8)
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Ex. 22:31• 31--And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog. (Ex. 22:31)
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Deut. 14:21• 21Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. (Deut. 14:21)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
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Ezek. 44:31• 31The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast. (Ezek. 44:31)
that which died of itself.
Heb. a carcase.
both wash.
Lev. 11:25• 25And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:25)
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Lev. 15:5,10,21• 5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 10And whoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even; and he that carrieth them shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 21And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 15:5,10,21)
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Num. 19:8,19,21• 8and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
 19and the clean shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and he shall purify him on the seventh day; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
 21And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. (Num. 19:8,19,21)
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Rev. 7:14• 14And I said to him, My lord, *thou* knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)
• Here it was not the defiance of Jehovah's rights, as in deliberately planning to eat the blood which was forbidden; yet was it a want of zeal for God's word, and of adequate sense of relationship to Him, and uncleanness was incurred, with the command to purge oneself and one's surroundings before Him in the manner prescribed. (“Israel Holy to Jehovah: 2. Eating Blood Prohibited” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And every soul that eateth of a dead carcase, or of that which was torn, be it one home-born, or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even: then he shall be clean.

W. Kelly Translation

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And every soul that eateth that which died [of itself] or that which was torn [by beasts, whether he be] home-born or a stranger, shall both wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even; then he shall be clean.