Flesh

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—

Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.

But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.

But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.

And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.

When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

…refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

…then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

…all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.

He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’

I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.

The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.

In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.