Leviticus 7:21

21 Anyone who touches something unclean - whether the uncleanness be from a person, from an unclean animal or from some other unclean detestable thing - and then eats the meat from the sacrifice of peace offerings for ADONAI, that person will be cut off from his people.'"

Leviticus 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:21

Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean [thing],
&c.] Person or thing, the dead body of a man, or the bone of a dead body, or a grave in which it was laid:

as the uncleanness of man;
the issue that runs from a profluvious person:

or [any] unclean beast;
that was so by the law ceremonial; see ( Leviticus 11:4-8 ) :

or any abominable unclean thing;
which the Targum of Jonathan interprets of every unclean reptile: see ( Leviticus 11:20 Leviticus 11:24 Leviticus 11:29 )

and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which
[pertain] unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his
people; (See Gill on Leviticus 7:20).

Leviticus 7:21 In-Context

19 Meat which touches something unclean is not to be eaten but burned up completely. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it;

20 but a person in a state of uncleanness who eats any meat from the sacrifice of peace offerings made to ADONAI will be cut off from his people.

21 Anyone who touches something unclean - whether the uncleanness be from a person, from an unclean animal or from some other unclean detestable thing - and then eats the meat from the sacrifice of peace offerings for ADONAI, that person will be cut off from his people.'"

22 ADONAI said to Moshe,

23 "Say to the people of Isra'el, 'You are not to eat the fat of bulls, sheep or goats.