Lev 7:19-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 7:19-21: 7:19-21 Anything that was ceremonially unclean could not come into contact with what was holy (7:20 ). Although uncleanness was not sinful in itself, it symbolized what was unholy (see Exod 19:10 ).

a7:19-21►

b7:20►

cExod 19:10►

d7:20-21►

e17:10-14►

fExod 31:14►

gLev 18:24-30►

h23:29-30►

‏ Leviticus 7:19-21

Summary for Lev 7:19-21: 7:19-21 ^a Anything that was ceremonially unclean could not come into contact with what was holy (7:20 ^b). Although uncleanness was not sinful in itself, it symbolized what was unholy (see Exod 19:10 ^c).
Summary for Lev 7:20-21: 7:20-21 ^d cut off: Three interpretations are possible for this expression, all of them very grave: (1) The person was subject to God’s judgment and faced an early death by natural causes (17:10-14 ^e). (2) The person was to be executed by the community (cp. Exod 31:14 ^f). (3) The person lost communal membership in Israel, either by banishment (such as by excommunication) or by shunning the person and treating him or her as unclean (Lev 18:24-30 ^g; cp. 23:29-30 ^h, where “cut off” seems distinct from “destroy”).