'Flesh' in the Bible

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.

And the man said:This one, at last, is bone of my boneand flesh of my flesh;this one will be called “woman,”for she was taken from man.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

“Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will die.

You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

Two of all flesh that has the breath of life in it entered the ark with Noah.

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Every creature perished—those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, those that crawl on the ground—and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

I confirm My covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by the waters of a flood; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

I will remember My covenant between Me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.

The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.”

God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and every creature on earth.”

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

a slave born in your house, as well as one purchased with money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

Abraham was 99 years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,

and his son Ishmael was 13 years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.

Laban said to him, “Yes, you are my own flesh and blood.”After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

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

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”

But burn up the bull’s flesh, its hide, and its 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 shanks, and its entrails and dung—

Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy place.

He burned up the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

He burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.

The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

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

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

When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. 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 brought outside the camp and their hide, flesh, and dung burned up.

You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Please don’t let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole community?”

The cow must be burned in his sight. Its hide, flesh, and 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 community

“You will eat your children, the flesh of your sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.

refusing to share with any of them his children’s flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns.

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

Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness!”

“Please speak in the presence of all the lords of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that 70 men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

“Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!”

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 all his servants, “Look, my own son, my own flesh and blood, intends to take my life—how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse me; the Lord has told him to.

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

And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of the army from now on instead of Joab!’”

Then he went up and lay on the boy: he put mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hand to hand. While he bent down over him, the boy’s flesh became warm.

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

So they went back and told him, and he said, “This fulfills the Lord’s word that He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, the dogs will eat Jezebel’s flesh.

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

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

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

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Do You have eyes of flesh,or do You see as a human sees?

You clothed me with skin and flesh,and wove me together with bones and tendons.

My skin and my 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 I will see God in my flesh.

His flesh wastes away to nothing,and his unseen bones stick out.

then his flesh will be healthier than in his youth,and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.

The folds of his flesh are joined together,solid as metal and immovable.

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

Do I eat the flesh of bullsor drink the blood of goats?

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

He remembered that they were only flesh,a wind that passes and does not return.

They gave the corpses of Your servantsto the birds of the sky for food,the flesh of Your godly onesto the beasts of the earth.

I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Because of the sound of my groaning,my flesh sticks to my bones.

The fool folds his armsand consumes his own flesh.

Remove sorrow from your heart,and put away pain from your flesh,because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

They carve meat on the right,but they are still hungry;they have eaten on the left,but they are still not satisfied.Each one eats the flesh of his own arm.

Egyptians are men, not God;their horses are flesh, not spirit.When the Lord raises His hand to strike,the helper will stumbleand the one who is helped will fall;both will perish together.

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,and they will be drunk with their own bloodas with sweet wine.Then all flesh will knowthat I, Yahweh, am your Savior,and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,to bring the poor and homeless into your house,to clothe the naked when you see him,and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?

sitting among the graves,spending nights in secret places,eating the meat of pigs,and putting polluted broth in their bowls.

For the Lord will execute judgmenton all flesh with His fiery sword,and many will be slain by the Lord.

This is what the Lord says:The man who trusts in mankind,who makes human flesh his strengthand turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the siege and distress that their enemies, those who want to take their life, inflict on them.

The tumult reaches to the ends of the earthbecause the Lord brings a case against the nations.He enters into judgment with all flesh.As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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

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

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

I will put your flesh on the mountainsand fill the valleys with your carcass.

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 put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

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

“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: Tell every kind of bird and all the wild animals: Assemble and come! Gather from all around to My sacrificial feast that I am slaughtering for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel; you will eat flesh and drink blood.

You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the earth’s princes: rams, lambs, male goats, and all the fattened bulls of Bashan.

There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.

When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in both heart and flesh, to occupy My sanctuary, you defiled My temple while you offered My food—the fat and the blood. You broke My covenant by all your detestable practices.

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

“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’

Though they offer sacrificial giftsand eat the flesh,the Lord does not accept them.Now He will remember their guiltand punish their sins;they will return to Egypt.

You hate good and love evil.You tear off people’s skinand strip their flesh from their bones.

You eat the flesh of my peopleafter you strip their skin from themand break their bones.You chop them uplike flesh for the cooking pot,like meat in a cauldron.”