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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But if anyone who is unclean eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD, they must be cut off from their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD’s peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But the soul that eateth <i>of</i> the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that <i>pertain</i> unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that <i>belongs</i> to the LORD, while he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, when he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But the one who eats meat from the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the one who eats meat from the LORD’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the one who eats meat from the LORD&#8217s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who eat meat from the LORD's fellowship offering while unclean must be excluded from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but if any of you who are not clean eat it, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But the person who eats meat from the sacrifice that belongs to the LORD, while still affected by his uncleanness, is to be eliminated from contact with his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings that pertain to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [are] YHWH’s, and his uncleanness [is] on him, indeed, that person has been cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the person who eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which are Jehovah's, and his uncleanness upon him, even that person hath been cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the soul which shall eat the flesh of the sacrifice of peace which to Jehovah, and his uncleanness upon him, that soul was cut off from its people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord, he shall be cut off from his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If a soul which is polluted will have eaten from the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord, he shall perish from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If, however, someone in a state of uncleanness eats the meat of a communion sacrifice belonging to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But those who eat flesh from the LORD’s sacrifice of well-being while in a state of uncleanness shall be cut off from their kin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the person who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of the peace offering that pertains to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the soul that will eat of the meat of a peace sacrifice of LORD JEHOVAH when his uncleanness is upon him, that soul will be cut off from his people.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And whatsoever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering which is the Lord's, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/7-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=1474" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm">The Peace Offering</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>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. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: wə·han·ne·p̄eš (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">But if anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: wə·ṭum·’ā·ṯōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity.">is unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eats</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">meat</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: miz·ze·ḇaḥ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: haš·šə·lā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">from the peace offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">belongs to the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">person</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">must be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: mê·‘am·me·hā (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">from his people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-3.htm">Leviticus 22:3</a></span><br />Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Numbers 19:13</a></span><br />Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">1 Corinthians 11:27-29</a></span><br />Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. / Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. / For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7-9</a></span><br />In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant. / And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4-5</a></span><br />“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” / David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a></span><br />You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6-7</a></span><br />But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day / and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18-20</a></span><br />A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone / who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” / And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a></span><br />How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-11.htm">Matthew 22:11-13</a></span><br />But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. / ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless. / Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a></span><br />But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31</a></span><br />You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.</p><p class="hdg">having</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2,3</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, <i>because of</i> his issue he <i>is</i> unclean… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/11-28.htm">1 Corinthians 11:28</a></b></br> But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of <i>that</i> bread, and drink of <i>that</i> cup.</p><p class="hdg">shall be</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a></b></br> And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; 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This concept underscores the importance of holiness and purity in the Israelite community, as God is holy (<a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a>). The laws of cleanliness were designed to teach the Israelites about the nature of sin and the need for spiritual purity.<p><b>eats meat from the peace offering</b><br>The peace offering, also known as the fellowship offering, was a voluntary sacrifice made to express gratitude and fellowship with God. It was unique in that the offerer, the priest, and God all shared in the meal, symbolizing communion and peace with God. Eating this meat while unclean would desecrate the sacredness of the offering and violate the covenant relationship with God.<p><b>that belongs to the LORD</b><br>The peace offering was considered holy and set apart for God. It was a tangible expression of the covenant relationship between God and His people. The phrase emphasizes that the offering is not merely a communal meal but a sacred act of worship dedicated to the LORD. This reflects the broader biblical theme that all offerings and sacrifices are ultimately for God's glory and honor.<p><b>that person must be cut off from his people</b><br>Being "cut off" from the people of Israel was a severe penalty, indicating either excommunication or, in some interpretations, death. This punishment highlights the seriousness of maintaining ritual purity and the sanctity of the community. It serves as a warning against defiling what is holy and underscores the communal responsibility to uphold God's laws. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where the church is called to maintain purity and holiness (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11-13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The original audience of the Levitical laws, including the instructions on offerings and cleanliness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a></b><br>Mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for offering sacrifices and maintaining ritual purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship where sacrifices, including peace offerings, were made.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/peace_offering.htm">Peace Offering</a></b><br>A type of sacrifice in the Levitical system symbolizing fellowship and thanksgiving to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/unclean_person.htm">Unclean Person</a></b><br>An individual in a state of ritual impurity, which could result from various causes such as contact with a dead body or certain diseases.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_purity.htm">The Importance of Purity</a></b><br>God’s command for purity underscores His holiness and the need for His people to approach Him with reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Being "cut off" from the community highlights the seriousness of disobedience and the communal impact of individual sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_peace_offering.htm">Symbolism of the Peace Offering</a></b><br>Represents fellowship with God, reminding believers of the peace and reconciliation available through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleanliness_today.htm">Spiritual Cleanliness Today</a></b><br>While ritual laws are fulfilled in Christ, the principle of spiritual cleanliness remains, urging believers to live holy lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the law encourages accountability and mutual encouragement in maintaining spiritual purity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'cut_off'_mean.htm">What does "cut off from his people" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_aaron_offer_for_his_sons.htm">Why did Aaron offer a sin offering for his sons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/leviticus_7_19-21__superstition_or_basis.htm">Leviticus 7:19-21: Is the concept of ritual contamination in these verses inherently superstitious, or is there any scientific or cultural basis that might have justified these purity rules?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_strict_time_limit_for_peace_offerings.htm">Leviticus 7:15-18: Why is there a strict time limit for eating the peace offering, and how do we reconcile this directive with other cultures' preservation or consumption methods?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20, 21) <span class= "bld">But the soul that eateth, &c</span>--Any one who partakes of the Lord's holy peace offering in a state of legal defilement, arising either from contact with unclean men or objects (see <a href="/context/leviticus/11-8.htm" title="Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.">Leviticus 11:8-44</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/15-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,">Leviticus 15:1-33</a>), incurs the penalty of excision.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/7-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But if anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭum·’ā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> </span><span class="str2">Religious impurity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eats</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">meat</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּשָׂ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·śār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the peace offering</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁלָמִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·lā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">belongs to the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִ֖וא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">person</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his people.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘am·me·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 7:20 But the soul who eats (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/7-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 7:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 7:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>