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- Leviticus
- Chapter 11
- Verse 8
Leviticus 11:8
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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;…
Now that Aaron was consecrated a high priest over the house of God, God spoke to him with Moses, and appointed them both as joint-commissioners to deliver his will to the people. He spoke both to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
their carcases ye shall not touch The word carcase is the same as that translated -that which dieth of itself" (Lev 17:15; Deu 14:21). Here and in Deu 14:8 contact with the dead bodies of these…
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