Leviticus 11:8

New Living Translation

You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.

Cross References

Isaiah 52:11

Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the Lord.

Hosea 9:3

You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.

Leviticus 11:7

The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.

Leviticus 11:9

“Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.

Leviticus 5:2

“Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that is ceremonially unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean animal. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your defilement and your guilt. This is true whether it is a wild animal, a domestic animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground.

Matthew 15:11

It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”

Mark 7:15

It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.”

Mark 7:18

“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.

Acts 10:28

Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

Acts 15:29

You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell.”

Romans 14:21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another believer to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:8

It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.

Ephesians 5:7

Don’t participate in the things these people do.

Colossians 2:16

So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.

Hebrews 9:10

For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.