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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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9¶ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

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