Lexicon :: Strong's H1320 - bāśār

But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with six hundred thousand foot soldiers, yet you say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

“Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[fn] 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 who gives breath to all,[fn] when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community? ”

“The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the LORD belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.

“The cow is to be burned in his sight. Its hide, flesh, and blood are to be burned along with its waste.

“May the LORD, the God who gives breath to all,[fn] appoint a man over the community

“For who out of all humanity has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and lived?

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,

“and pigs, though they have hooves, they do not chew the cud —

they are unclean for you.

Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

“No yeast is to be found anywhere in your territory for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day is to remain until morning.

“You will eat your offspring,[fn] the flesh of your sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.

“I will make my arrows drunk with blood

while my sword devours flesh —

the blood of the slain and the captives,

the heads of the enemy leaders.”[fn]

So Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from a half bushel[fn] of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.

Gideon replied, “Very well, when the LORD has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will tear[fn] your flesh with thorns and briers from the wilderness! ”

“Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy 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.”[fn]

or the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

“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.[fn]

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

The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the wadi.

So he turned back from following him, took the team of oxen, and slaughtered[fn] them. With the oxen’s wooden yoke and plow, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he left, followed Elijah, and served him.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.

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 skin will be restored and you will be clean.”

When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes. Then, as he was passing by on the wall, the people saw that there was sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

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.[fn]

“He has only human strength,[fn] but we have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

“We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless[fn] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

“But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

I felt a draft[fn] on my face,

and the hair on my body stood up.

Is my strength that of stone,

or my flesh made of bronze?

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.[fn]

My skin forms scabs[fn] and then oozes.

“Do you have eyes of flesh,

or do you see as a human sees?

The life of every living thing is in his hand,

as well as the breath of all humanity.

I will put[fn] myself at risk[fn]

and take my life in my own hands.