Leviticus 11 · Verse 8

Leviticus 11:8

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:8, King James Version

Leviticus 11:8 in other translations

BSBYou must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
WEBYou shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
ASVOf their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
YLT‘Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come--unclean they are to you.
DARBYOf their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.
BBETheir flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.
WebsterOf their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:8 in the original Hebrew

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מִבְּשָׂרָם֙mi.be.sa.Ramany of meat theirH1320
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֹאכֵ֔לוּto.Khe.luyou must eatH398
וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖םu.ve.niv.la.Tamand <in> carcass theirH5038
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִגָּ֑עוּti.Ga.'uyou will touchH5060
טְמֵאִ֥יםte.me.'Im[are] uncleanH2931
הֵ֖םhemtheyH1992
לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemto <the> you

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Cross references for Leviticus 11:8

  • Colossians 2:16

    Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

  • Hebrews 9:10

    Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  • Leviticus 5:2

    Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

  • Isaiah 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

  • Acts 10:10-15

    And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. …

  • Romans 14:21

    It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

  • Mark 7:18

    And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  • Acts 15:29

    That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

  • Ephesians 5:7

    Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  • Ephesians 5:11

    And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they are unclean.
5:2; Isa 52:11; Ho 9:3; Mt 15:11,20; Mr 7:2,15,18; Ac 10:10-15
Ac 10:28; 15:29; Ro 14:14-17,21; 1Co 8:8; 2Co 6:17; Eph 5:7,11
Col 2:16,21-23; Heb 9:10

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Context

  • Leviticus 11:7

    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

  • Leviticus 11:8

    Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

  • Leviticus 11:9

    These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

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Leviticus 11:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De la carne de ellos no comeréis, ni tocaréis su cuerpo muerto: tendréislos por inmundos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous ne mangerez pas de leur chair, et vous ne toucherez pas leur corps mort; ils vous sont impurs.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Von ihrem Fleische sollt ihr nicht essen und ihr Aas nicht anrühren: unrein sollen sie euch sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Horum carnibus non vescemini, nec cadavera contingetis, quia immunda sunt vobis.