Leviticus 7:21

When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”

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WEBBE

When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”

BSB

If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

KJV

Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

ASV

And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

BBE

And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

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וְנֶפֶשׁ ve·ne·fesh and anyone H5315 כִּי־ ki- if H3588 תִגַּע ti·ga' it will touch H5060 בְּכָל־ be·khol (in) any H3605 טָמֵא ta·me' unclean [thing] H2931 בְּטֻמְאַת be·tum·'at (in) [the] uncleanness of H2932 אָדָם 'a·dam humankind H120 אוֹ 'o or H176 בִּבְהֵמָה biv·he·mah (in) livestock H929 טְמֵאָה te·me·'ah unclean H2931 אוֹ 'o or H176 בְּכָל־ be·khol (in) any H3605 שֶׁקֶץ she·ketz detestable thing H8263 טָמֵא ta·me' unclean H2931 וְאָכַל ve·'a·khal and he will eat H398 מִבְּשַׂר־ mi·be·sar- any of [the] meat of H1320 זֶבַח ze·vach [the] sacrifice of H2077 הַשְּׁלָמִים ha·she·la·mim the peace offering(s) H8002 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh [belongs] to Yahweh H3068 וְנִכְרְתָה ve·nikh·re·tah and it will be cut off H3772 הַנֶּפֶשׁ ha·ne·fesh the person H5315 הַהִוא ha·hiv' (the) that H1931 מֵעַמֶּיהָ פ me·'a·mei·ha from kinspeople(s) its H5971

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–27

As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement. This use, being figurative, had its end in Christ, who by his death and blood-shedding caused the sacrifices to cease. Therefore this law is not now in force on believers.

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AnimalsSanitationPurificationUncleanness

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.