Leviticus 11:8
The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
In Context
7And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:2Whosoever toucheth any unclean thing, either that which hath been killed by a beast, or died of itself, or any other creeping thing: and forgetteth his uncleanness, he is guilty, and hath offended:
Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians.
Matthew 15:20These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.
Mark 7:15There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
Acts 10:10And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind.
Acts 15:29That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which things keeping yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:2-9
Distinction of Meats. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is… Read the whole commentary →