Ezekiel 44:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.”
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“The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 44:31 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:31You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
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