Leviticus 7:21

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Leviticus 7:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

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,

23 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

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Leviticus 5:2

Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

Leviticus 5:3

Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.

Leviticus 15:1

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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.’”

Leviticus 22:4

If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

Numbers 19:11

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:12

He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

Numbers 19:13

Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

Numbers 19:14

This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

Numbers 19:15

and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

Numbers 19:16

Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Leviticus 11:24

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:25

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:26

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:27

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:28

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:29

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

Leviticus 11:30

the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:31

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:32

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

Leviticus 11:33

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

Leviticus 11:34

Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:35

Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:36

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:37

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

Leviticus 11:38

but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:39

If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:40

Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:41

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:42

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

Deuteronomy 14:7

But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

Deuteronomy 14:8

as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.

Deuteronomy 14:10

but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:12

but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Deuteronomy 14:13

the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

Deuteronomy 14:14

any kind of raven,

Deuteronomy 14:15

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

Deuteronomy 14:16

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Deuteronomy 14:17

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

Deuteronomy 14:18

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

Deuteronomy 14:19

All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:20

But you may eat any clean bird.

Leviticus 11:10

But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

Leviticus 11:11

They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

Leviticus 11:12

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:13

Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Leviticus 11:20

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

Deuteronomy 14:3

You must not eat any detestable thing.

Ezekiel 4:14

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Leviticus 7:20

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.

Leviticus 7:25

If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:27

If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”

Leviticus 17:10

If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 17:14

For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

Leviticus 18:29

Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.

Genesis 17:14

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

Exodus 12:15

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:19

For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

Exodus 30:33

Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

Exodus 30:34

The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

Exodus 30:35

and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Exodus 30:36

Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

Exodus 30:37

You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

Exodus 30:38

Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”