Exodus 22:31

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You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

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  • Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.
  • Lev 22:8 : 8 That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.
  • Ezek 44:31 : 31 The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.
  • Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.
  • 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
  • Lev 20:25 : 25 So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
  • Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth. 45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
  • Lev 17:15-16 : 15 And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean. 16 But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 22:7-8
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    7And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.

    8That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 44:31
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    31The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.

  • Lev 7:24-26
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    24And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

    25For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.

    26And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

  • Exod 22:30
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    30In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.

  • Deut 14:21
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    21You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Lev 20:25-26
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    25So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.

    26And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3No disgusting thing may be your food.

  • Lev 17:15
    76%

    15And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

  • Lev 11:2-3
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    2Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

    3You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

  • Lev 11:8
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    8Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

  • Deut 14:6
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    6Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

  • Lev 11:39-40
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    39And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.

    40And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 11:47
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    47Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

  • Lev 11:26-28
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    26Every beast, in the horn of whose foot there is not a complete division, and whose food does not come back, is unclean to you: anyone touching one of these will be unclean.

    27Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.

    28Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 22:20
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    20But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

  • Lev 22:30
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    30Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 7:19-22
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    19And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:

    20But he who is unclean when he takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

    21And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

    22And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 18:10
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    10As most holy things they are to be your food: let every male have them for food; it is to be holy to you.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

  • Deut 17:1
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    1No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 17:3
    73%

    3If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Gen 9:4
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    4But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • Lev 22:24-26
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    24An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.

    25And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

    26And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 15:21
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    21But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 27:9
    73%

    9And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

  • Matt 7:6
    73%

    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Deut 28:26
    73%

    26Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

  • Lev 11:43-44
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    43You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.

    44For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.

  • Deut 14:8
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    8And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

  • Deut 12:22
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    22It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.

  • Exod 22:19
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    19Any man who has sex connection with a beast is to be put to death.

  • Exod 29:34
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    34And if any of the flesh of the offering or of the bread is over till the morning, let it be burned with fire; it is not to be used for food, for it is holy.

  • Lev 17:13
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    13And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

  • Lev 21:8
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    8And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

  • Ezek 4:14
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    14Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

  • Lev 22:22
    72%

    22Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.