Leviticus 11:8

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, because though he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, yet, the cud, he cheweth not,—unclean, he is to you;

9these, may ye eat, of all that are in the waters,—all that have fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the rivers, them, may ye eat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:2Or, any person, who toucheth anything unclean, whether the carcase of an unclean wild-beast or the carcase of an unclean tame-beast, or the carcase of an unclean creeping thing,—and it is hidden from him, he himself being unclean, and he becometh aware of his guilt:—

Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in the land of Yahweh, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and, in Assyria—that which is unclean, shall they eat.

Matthew 15:20these, are the things which defile the man, but, the eating with unwashed hands, doth not defile the man.

Mark 7:15Nothing, is there, from without the man, entering into him, which can defile him; but, the things which, out of the man, come forth, are the things that defile the man.

Acts 10:10But he became hungry, and wished to eat,—and, while they were making ready, there came upon him a trance;

Acts 15:29To be abstaining from idol sacrifices, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication,—From which, if ye keep yourselves, ye shall prosper. 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 →

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