Leviticus 11:8

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

Webster's Revision

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

World English Bible

Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcases ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

Wesley's Leviticus 11:8 Bible Commentary

11:8 Ye shall not touch - Not in order to eating, as may be gathered by comparing this with Gen 3:3. But since the fat and skins of some of the forbidden creatures were useful, for medicinal and other good purposes, and were used by good men, it is not probable that God would have them cast away. Thus God forbad the making of images, Exo 20:4, not universally, but in order to the worshipping them, as Christian interpreters agree.