“Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.”
Anyone who touches something unclean — whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature — and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people. The cutting off penalty for eating the fellowship offering while impure is extended to cover all categories of ritual impurity: human uncleanness, unclean animals, or any unclean creature. The comprehensiveness of the categories communicates the comprehensiveness of the requirement: any state of ritual impurity, from any source, disqualifies a person from eating the fellowship offering. The community meal of the covenant is a meal for the prepared community, not for anyone who happens to be present.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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