Leviticus 7:20

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Leviticus 7:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

19 Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

20 But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

21 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.”

22 Then the LORD said to Moses,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Leviticus 15:2

“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

Leviticus 15:3

This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

Leviticus 15:4

Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:6

Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:7

Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:8

If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:9

Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:10

Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:11

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:12

Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

Leviticus 15:13

When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 15:14

On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.

Leviticus 15:15

The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

Leviticus 15:16

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:17

Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:19

When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:20

Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

Leviticus 15:21

and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:22

Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:23

And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:24

If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

Leviticus 15:25

When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.

Leviticus 15:26

Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

Leviticus 15:27

Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:28

When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.

Leviticus 15:29

On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 15:30

The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

Leviticus 15:31

You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

Leviticus 15:33

of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

1 Corinthians 11:28

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

Genesis 17:14

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”