Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

You are not to eat their flesh or even touch their carcasses. They are to be unclean for you."

New American Standard Bible

You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses—they are unclean for you.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

You must not eat from their meat, and you must not touch their dead body--they are unclean for you.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their dead body. They are unclean to you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Of their flesh see that ye eat not, and their carcasses see that ye touch not for they are unclean to you.

NET Bible

You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

shall ye not eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

נבלה 
N@belah 
Usage: 48

shall ye not touch
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 88

References

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Clean And Unclean Animals

7 and the pig (because it has divided hooves and is therefore cloven-footed, but it doesn't ruminate its cud, it is to be unclean for you). 8 You are not to eat their flesh or even touch their carcasses. They are to be unclean for you." 9 "You may eat anything that lives in the water that is, you may eat anything that has fins and scales either from the seas or from the rivers.


Cross References

Isaiah 52:11

"Depart! Depart! Go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Hebrews 9:10

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

Leviticus 5:2

"When a person has touched a ceremonially unclean thing inadvertently, such as the carcass of an unclean animal, or some unclean creeping thing, he will be unclean and guilty nevertheless.

Hosea 9:3

They will not live in the LORD's land Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn't make a person unclean."

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

Mark 7:15

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

Mark 7:18

He asked them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean?

Acts 10:10-15

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

Acts 10:28

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

Acts 15:29

to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."

Romans 14:14-17

I know and have been persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in and of itself, but it is unclean to a person who thinks it is unclean.

Romans 14:21

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

1 Corinthians 8:8

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

Ephesians 5:7

So do not be partners with them.

Ephesians 5:11

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a New Moon, or Sabbath days.

Colossians 2:21-23

"Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!"

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