Leviticus 11:8

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.

Free Bible Version

You are not to eat their meat or touch their bead bodies. They are unclean for you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Of their flesh shall yee not eate, and their carkeise shall yee not touch: for they shall bee vncleane to you.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.

Unlocked Literal Bible

You must not eat any of their meat, nor touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

Young's Literal Translation

'Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come — unclean they [are] to you.

Context

Clean and Unclean Animals

⁷And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.⁸You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

Summary

This verse lists the dietary restrictions for the Israelites, specifically prohibiting the consumption of pork. The law was given to the Israelites to set them apart as a holy people, following God's commandments. By obeying these dietary laws, the Israelites demonstrated their obedience and reverence for God's instructions. This verse underscores the importance of obedience and purity in the lives of God's chosen people, reflecting the principle of holiness and separation from worldly practices.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Of their flesh shall ye not eat,.... Meaning, not of swine only, but of the camel, coney, and hare: and their carcass shall ye not touch; which must not be understood of touching them in any sense; for then it would have been unlawful for a Jew to have rode upon a camel, or to take out and make use of hog's lard in medicine; but of touching them in order to kill them, and prepare them for food, and eat them; and indeed all unnecessary touching of them is forbidden, lest it should bring them to the eating of them; though perhaps it may chiefly respect the touching of them dead: they are unclean to you: one and all of them; for as this was said of each of them in particular, so now of all of them together; and which holds good of all wild creatures not named, to whom the description above belongs, and which used to be eaten by other nations; some of which were called Pamphagi, from eating all sorts, and others Agriophagi, from eating wild creatures, as lions, panthers, elephants (l), &c. (l) Plin. l. 6. c. 30. Solinus, c. 43.