Leviticus 11:8

New International Reader's Version

You must not eat the meat of those animals. You must not even touch their dead bodies. They are “unclean” for you.

Cross References

Isaiah 52:11

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and “clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.

Hosea 9:3

You won’t remain in the Lord’s land. Ephraim, you will return to Egypt. You will eat “unclean” food in Assyria.

Leviticus 11:7

Pigs have hooves that are separated completely in two. But they do not chew the cud. So they are “unclean” for you.

Leviticus 11:9

“ ‘Many creatures live in the water of the oceans and streams. You can eat all those that have fins and scales.

Leviticus 5:2

“ ‘Or suppose someone touches something not “clean.” It could be the dead bodies of wild animals or of livestock. Or it could be the dead bodies of creatures that move along the ground. Even though those people are not aware that they touched them, they have become “unclean.” And they are guilty.

Matthew 15:11

What goes into someone’s mouth does not make them ‘unclean.’ It’s what comes out of their mouth that makes them ‘unclean.’ ”

Matthew 15:20

Those are the things that make you ‘unclean.’ But eating without washing your hands does not make you ‘unclean.’ ”

Mark 7:15

Nothing outside of a person can make them ‘unclean’ by going into them. It is what comes out of them that makes them ‘unclean.’ ”

Mark 7:18

“Don’t you understand?” Jesus asked. “Don’t you see? Nothing that enters a person from the outside can make them ‘unclean.’

Mark 7:2

They saw some of his disciples eating food with “unclean” hands. That means they were not washed.

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know that it is against our law for a Jew to enter a Gentile home. A Jew shouldn’t have any close contact with a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not say anyone is not pure and ‘clean.’

Acts 15:29

Don’t eat food that has been offered to statues of gods. Don’t drink blood. Don’t eat the meat of animals that have been choked to death. And don’t commit sexual sins. You will do well to keep away from these things. Farewell.

Romans 14:21

Don’t eat meat if it causes your brother or sister to sin. Don’t drink wine or do anything else that will make them sin.

1 Corinthians 8:8

But food doesn’t bring us close to God. We are no worse if we don’t eat. We are no better if we do eat.

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the acts of darkness. They don’t produce anything good. Show what they are really like.

Ephesians 5:7

So don’t go along with people like that.

Colossians 2:16

So don’t let anyone judge you because of what you eat or drink. Don’t let anyone judge you about holy days. I’m talking about special feasts and New Moons and Sabbath days.

Hebrews 9:10

They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.