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Leviticus 11:8

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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
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  1. Colossians 2:16Rank 1 from verse 8
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    16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

  2. Hebrews 9:10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  3. Hosea 9:3Rank 3 from verse 8
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    3They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  4. Isaiah 52:11Rank 4 from verse 8
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    11¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

  5. Leviticus 5:2Rank 5 from verse 8
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    2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

  6. 1 Corinthians 8:8Rank 6 from verse 8
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    8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

  7. 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 7 from verse 8
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    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  8. Acts 10:10–15Rank 8 from verse 8
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    10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

    11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

    12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

    13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

    14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

    15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

  9. Acts 10:28Rank 9 from verse 8
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    28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

  10. Acts 15:29Rank 10 from verse 8
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    29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

  11. Colossians 2:21–23Rank 11 from verse 8
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    21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

    22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

    23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

  12. Ephesians 5:11Rank 12 from verse 8
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  13. Ephesians 5:7Rank 13 from verse 8
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    7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  14. Mark 7:15Rank 14 from verse 8
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    15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

  15. Mark 7:18Rank 15 from verse 8
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    18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

  16. Mark 7:2Rank 16 from verse 8
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    2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

  17. Matthew 15:11Rank 17 from verse 8
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    11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

  18. Matthew 15:20Rank 18 from verse 8
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    20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

  19. Romans 14:14–17Rank 19 from verse 8
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    14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

    15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

    16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

  20. Romans 14:21Rank 20 from verse 8
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    21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

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Leviticus 11:8

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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unclean

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Not clean; ceremonially unfit; physically foul; or morally defiled or impure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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11:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

11:2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

11:3Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

11:4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:6And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:7And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

11:8Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

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