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The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean shall eat of it:
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The Sanctity of the Offering
Commentators explain that the rule against eating sacrificial meat that touched anything unclean was a powerful lesson in God's absolute holiness. The offering, once consecrated, was set apart. If it came into contact with impurity, it was defiled and had to be destroyed by fire, demonstrating that what is dedicated to God must be kept separate from the common and profane.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It was proper that the sacrificial meat should not be polluted by any sign of decay. But the exclusion of a spirit of stinginess may also have prov…
19th Century
Anglican
And the flesh that toucheth. —Not only does the sacrificial flesh become desecrated when left by itself beyond the prescribed period, but …
16th Century
Protestant
And the flesh that touches. Indeed, it was not lawful to eat any polluted flesh, but in the sacrifices there was a special reason for this…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean [thing] shall not be eaten That is, the flesh…
Regarding the peace-offerings, God allowed them more freedom in expressing their sense of mercy than in expressing their sense of sin, so that thei…