Leviticus 11:8

Of their meat you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

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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

7The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you.

9+ 11:9. Lev 11:9 (Lev 11:44-45; Deut 14:9) (#3.200): The fish that are kosher ·clean· for you and their identifying signs Directive: Qualification: kosher fish have both fins and scales “‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:2“‘Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be condemned guilty.

Matthew 15:20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with ritually unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

Mark 7:15There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

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 →

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