Leviticus 7:20

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“But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

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“But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and the person who eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, and his uncleanness upon him, even that person hath been cut off from his people.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 7:20 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  2. Exodus 30:33Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
  3. Exodus 30:38Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
  4. Leviticus 7:25If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
  5. Leviticus 7:27If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
  6. Leviticus 15:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  7. Leviticus 18:29Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
  8. Leviticus 19:8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
  9. Leviticus 20:3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
  10. Leviticus 22:3Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
  11. Leviticus 23:29If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
  12. 1 Samuel 20:26Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
  13. Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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