Leviticus 7:21

21 If someone touches anything unclean,^[a] whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable^[b] creature, and eats meat from the Lord's fellowship sacrifice, that person must 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 that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any [other] meat.

20 But the one who eats meat from the Lord's fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.

21 If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable creature, and eats meat from the Lord's fellowship sacrifice, that person must be cut off from his people."

22 The Lord spoke to Moses:

23 "Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 5:2-3
• [b]. Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Tg read swarming