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Leviticus 7

Lev. 7:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moreover the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
that shallu touch
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
any unclean
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
thing, asx the uncleanness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, or any unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2931)
foul in a relig. sense
KJV usage: defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: from 2930
beast
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, or anyy abominable
sheqets (Hebrew #8263)
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
KJV usage: abominable(-tion).
Pronounce: sheh'-kets
Origin: from 8262
unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2931)
foul in a relig. sense
KJV usage: defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: from 2930
thing, and eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
of the flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
of the sacrifice
zebach (Hebrew #2077)
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
KJV usage: offer(- ing), sacrifice.
Pronounce: zeh'-bakh
Origin: from 2076
of peace offerings
shelem (Hebrew #8002)
properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
KJV usage: peace offering.
Pronounce: sheh'-lem
Origin: from 7999
, which pertain unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, even that soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
shall bez cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
from his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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Lev. 11:24,28• 24And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean: whoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
 28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you. (Lev. 11:24,28)
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Lev. 12‑13; 15•  (Lev. 12‑13; 15)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
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Lev. 7:20• 20but the soul that eateth the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that are for Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples. (Lev. 7:20)

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Beast,
Flesh,
Man,
Offering; Offering Up,
Peace Offering,
Sacrifice,
Soul; Spirit,
Unclean Animals,
Uncleanness

Cross References

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the uncleanness.
Lev. 5:2‑3• 2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hid from him, he also is unclean and guilty.
 3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, any uncleanness of him by which he is defiled, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth, then he shall be guilty. (Lev. 5:2‑3)
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Lev. 15:1‑33• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
 2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man hath a flux from his flesh because of his flux, he [is] unclean.
 3And this shall be his uncleanness in his flux: whether his flesh run with his flux, or his flesh be closed from his flux, it [is] his uncleanness.
 4Every bed whereon he that hath the flux lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
 5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 6And he that sitteth on [anything] whereon he that hath the flux sat shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 8And if he that hath the flux spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 9And what carriage (or saddle) soever he that hath the flux rideth upon shall be unclean.
 10And whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even; and he that beareth those things shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 11And whomsoever he that hath the flux toucheth without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.
 12And the earthen vessel that he that hath the flux toucheth shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
 13And when he that hath a flux is cleansed of his flux, then he shall count seven days for his cleansing, and wash his raiment, and bathe his flesh in living water, and he shall be clean.
 14And on the eighth day he shall take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest.
 15And the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-offering and the other as a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his flux.
 16And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
 17And all raiment and every skin, wherein the seed of copulation shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
 18And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 19And if a woman hath a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
 20And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
 21And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his raiment, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 22And whoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his raiment, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 23And if it be on the bed or on anything on which she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
 24And if a man lie with her at all, and the uncleanness of her separation come upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
 25And if a woman have her flux of blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if she have the flux beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the flux of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she is unclean.
 26Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation; and everything on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.
 27And whoever toucheth these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his raiment, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 28And if she be cleansed of her flux, then she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
 29And on the eighth day she shall take to her two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
 30And the priest shall offer the one as a sin-offering and the other as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the flux of her uncleanness.
 31Ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.
 32This is the law of him that hath a flux, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, whereby he is defiled;
 33and of her who is sick in separation, and of him that hath a flux; of the man and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. (Lev. 15:1‑33)
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Lev. 22:4• 4Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper, or hath a running of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean; and whosoever toucheth anything unclean of the dead, or a man whose seed passeth from him; (Lev. 22:4)
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Num. 19:11‑16• 11He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
 12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
 13Whoever toucheth a dead person, the dead body of a man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; for the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him: he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
 14This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
 15And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
 16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. (Num. 19:11‑16)
any unclean.
Lev. 11:24‑42• 24And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean: whoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
 25And whoever carrieth of their carcass shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
 26Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but is not quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean to you; everyone that toucheth them shall be unclean.
 27And whatever goeth on its paws, among all beasts that go on all four, those are unclean to you: whoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
 28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you.
 29And these shall be unclean to you among the creeping (or swarming) things that creep on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind;
 30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
 31These shall be unclean to you among all that creep: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
 32And on whatever any of them when they are dead falleth, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done, it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
 33And every earthen vessel, whereunto [any] of them falleth, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
 34All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean, and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean in every [such] vessel.
 35And everything whereon [aught] of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; oven or range shall be broken down: they are unclean and shall be unclean to you.
 36Nevertheless a spring or a well, a collection of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.
 37And if [aught] of their carcass fall on any sowing-seed that is to be sown, it is clean;
 38but if water be put on the seed, and [aught] of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean to you.
 39And if any beast die that is to you for food, he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even;
 40and he that eateth of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that carrieth its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
 41And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
 42Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth—these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. (Lev. 11:24‑42)
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Deut. 14:7‑8,10,12‑20• 7Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs —they shall be unclean unto you;
 8and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud —it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch.
 10but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.
 12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
 13and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;
 14and every raven after its kind;
 15and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
 16the owl, and the ibis and the swan,
 17and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
 18and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
 19And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
 20All clean fowls shall ye eat. (Deut. 14:7‑8,10,12‑20)
abominable.
Lev. 11:10‑13,20,41‑42• 10But all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living creature that [is] in the waters, they [are] an abomination to you.
 11They shall be even an abomination to you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcass ye shall have in abomination.
 12Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that [shall be] an abomination to you.
 13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the osprey, and the sea eagle;
 20Every winged insect (or, crawling thing) that goeth on [all] four [shall be] an abomination unto you.
 41And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
 42Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth—these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. (Lev. 11:10‑13,20,41‑42)
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Deut. 14:3• 3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. (Deut. 14:3)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
cut off.
Lev. 7:20,25,27• 20but the soul that eateth the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that are for Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples.
 25For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men offer a fire offering to Jehovah, the soul that eateth shall be cut off from his peoples.
 27Whatever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood shall be cut off from his peoples. (Lev. 7:20,25,27)
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Lev. 17:10,14• 10And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood—I will set my face against the soul that eateth the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people,
 14for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it : and I have said to the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Lev. 17:10,14)
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Lev. 18:29• 29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do [them] shall be cut off from among their people. (Lev. 18:29)
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Gen. 17:14• 14And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant. (Gen. 17:14)
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Ex. 12:15,19• 15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread: on the very first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day—that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
 19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eateth what is leavened—that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or born in the land. (Ex. 12:15,19)
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Ex. 30:33‑38• 33Whoever compoundeth any like it, or whoever putteth any of it upon any strange thing, shall be cut off from his peoples.
 34And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs—stacte, and onycha, and galbanum—fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.
 35And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
 36And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
 37And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
 38Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples. (Ex. 30:33‑38)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if any one touch anything unclean, the uncleanness of man, or unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which is for Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples.

W. Kelly Translation

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And if a soul touch anything unclean, the uncleanness of man or unclean beast or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that are for Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples.