Leviticus 7:20

“But the person who eats flesh from the sacrifice of peace that belongs to YHWH while his uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

Leviticus 7:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 7:20, word by word

But the personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears
eatsתֹּאכַלtochal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “tochal” appears
fleshבָּשָׂרbasar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “basar” appears
from the sacrificeזֶּבַחzevach

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

Where else “zevach” appears
of peaceשְּׁלָמִיםshelamim

peace offerings

Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).

Where else “shelamim” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yhva” appears
while his uncleannessטֻמְאָתtumat

uncleanness

The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.

Where else “tumat” appears
shall be cut offנִכְרְתָהnichrta

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “nichrta” appears
from his peopleעַמֶּיame

kin

Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.

Where else “ame” appears

Translation note

“Being cut off from one’s people”: the text does not specify in what way; it can be understood as being excluded from it.

The context

19The flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for the other flesh, everyone who is clean may eat flesh.

20 · This verse (above)

21And when a person touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace that belongs to YHWH, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

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