Leviticus 7:19 “Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burn…”

Leviticus 7:19

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

World English Bible

“‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it;

American Standard Version

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:

Geneva Bible 1599

The flesh also that toucheth any vncleane thing, shall not be eaten, but burnt with fire: but of this flesh all that be cleane shall eate thereof.

Darby Translation

And the flesh that toucheth anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. And as to the flesh, all that are clean may eat [the] flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

'And the flesh which cometh against any unclean thing is not eaten; with fire it is burnt; as to the flesh, every clean one doth eat of the flesh;

Bible in Basic English

And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:

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Cross references

“And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.”

Romans 14:20 Leviticus 11:24–39 Numbers 19:11–16 Luke 11:41 Acts 10:28 Romans 14:14

Romans 14:20 · BSB

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

Leviticus 11:24–39 · BSB

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

Numbers 19:11–16 · BSB

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

Luke 11:41 · BSB

But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

Acts 10:28 · BSB

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

Romans 14:14 · BSB

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

20But 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.

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