Leviticus 11:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Never eat the meat of these animals or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean for you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

DBY:

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they are to you.

Leviticus 11:8 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 11:7 and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:9 'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:8 Of their {c} flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.
(c) God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.

WES:

11:8 Ye shall not touch - Not in order to eating, as may be gathered by comparing this with Gen 3:3. But since the fat and skins of some of the forbidden creatures were useful, for medicinal and other good purposes, and were used by good men, it is not probable that God would have them cast away. Thus God forbad the making of images, Exo 20:4, not universally, but in order to the worshipping them, as Christian interpreters agree.

MHC:

11:1-47 What animals were clean and unclean. - These laws seem to have been intended, 1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge; and to teach them self-denial, and the government of their appetites. 2. To keep the Israelites distinct from other nations. Many also of these forbidden animals were objects of superstition and idolatry to the heathen. 3. The people were taught to make distinctions between the holy and unholy in their companions and intimate connexions. 4. The law forbad, not only the eating of the unclean beasts, but the touching of them. Those who would be kept from any sin, must be careful to avoid all temptations to it, or coming near it. The exceptions are very minute, and all were designed to call forth constant care and exactness in their obedience; and to teach us to obey. Whilst we enjoy our Christian liberty, and are free from such burdensome observances, we must be careful not to abuse our liberty. For the Lord hath redeemed and called his people, that they may be holy, even as he is holy. We must come out, and be separate from the world; we must leave the company of the ungodly, and all needless connexions with those who are dead in sin; we must be zealous of good works devoted followers of God, and companions of his people.
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CONC:

Bodies Carcase Carcass Carcasses Dead Eat Flesh Meat Touch Touched Unclean

Bodies Carcase Carcass Carcasses Dead Eat Food Meat Touch Touched Unclean Used

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