Leviticus 7:20-22
New English Translation
20 The person who eats meat from the peace-offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while that person’s uncleanness persists[a] will be cut off from his people.[b] 21 When a person touches anything unclean (whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature)[c] and eats some of the meat of the peace-offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people.’”[d]
Sacrificial Instructions for the Common People: Fat and Blood
22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:[e]
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- Leviticus 7:20 tn Heb “and his unclean condition is on him.”
- Leviticus 7:20 sn The exact meaning of this penalty clause is not certain. It could mean that he will be executed, whether by God or by man, he will be excommunicated from sanctuary worship and/or community benefits (cf. TEV, CEV), or his line will be terminated by God (i.e., extirpation), etc. See J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 100; J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:457-60; and B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 241-42 for further discussion.
- Leviticus 7:21 sn For these categories of unclean animals see Lev 11.
- Leviticus 7:21 sn For the interpretation of this last clause see the note on Lev 7:20.
- Leviticus 7:22 sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT] above.
Leviticus 7:20-22
New International Version
20 But if anyone who is unclean(A) eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.(B) 21 Anyone who touches something unclean(C)—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground[a]—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.’”
Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden
22 The Lord said to Moses,
Footnotes
- Leviticus 7:21 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac and Targum (see 5:2); most Hebrew manuscripts any unclean, detestable thing
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