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When anyone shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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The Gravity of Profaning the Holy
Commentators emphasize the severe penalty for eating a sacred meal while ritually impure: being "cut off from his people." This punishment, which Charles Ellicott terms "excision," highlights the absolute seriousness of profaning what is holy to God. It teaches that approaching God in worship requires reverence and purity.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Unclean beast - that is, carrion of any kind. See Leviticus 11:0.
Shall be cut off - See the Exodus 31:14 note.
19th Century
Anglican
But the soul that eateth, etc. — Anyone who partakes of the Lord’s holy peace offering in a state of legal defilement, ar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean [thing] , &c.] Person or thing, the dead body of a man, or the bone …
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