Ezekiel 44:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

The priests shall not eat anything that has died naturally, or was torn, whether it is bird or beast.

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  • Lev 22:8 : 8 What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
  • Exod 22:31 : 31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
  • Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.
  • Rom 14:20 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.
  • Lev 17:15 : 15 And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.

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  • Lev 22:8
    82%

    8What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 22:31
    78%

    31And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

  • Lev 7:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24And the fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of an animal that is torn by beasts, may be used for any other purpose: but you shall not eat of it.

    25For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

    26Moreover, you shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.

  • Lev 6:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29All the males among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.

    30And no sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

  • Lev 11:39-41
    3 verses
    75%

    39And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

    40And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

    41And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 17:15
    75%

    15And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.

  • Deut 14:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

    20But of all clean birds you may eat.

    21You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  • Lev 11:8
    74%

    8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

  • Deut 14:3
    74%

    3You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • Lev 22:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

    11But if the priest buys any one with his money, he may eat of it, and he who is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

  • Lev 6:23
    74%

    23For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned: it shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 7:6
    74%

    6Every male among the priests shall eat it: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46This is the law of the animals, and of the birds, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth:

    47To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

  • Lev 27:11
    73%

    11And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

  • Ezek 4:14
    73%

    14Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

  • Gen 9:4
    73%

    4But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

  • Ezek 44:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

    30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every offering of every kind, of all your offerings, shall belong to the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house.

  • Deut 14:11
    72%

    11Of all clean birds you shall eat.

  • Lev 7:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.

    20But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

    21Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 22:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24You shall not offer unto the LORD what is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of them in your land.

    25Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

  • Exod 29:34
    72%

    34And if any of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

  • Deut 28:26
    71%

    26And your carcass shall be food unto all fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall frighten them away.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    71%

    15Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

  • Exod 12:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    45A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.

    46In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.

  • Ezek 44:21
    71%

    21No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.

  • Lev 22:15
    71%

    15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

  • Lev 22:4
    71%

    4Whoever of the descendants of Aaron is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of seed;

  • Lev 6:26
    71%

    26The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: it shall be eaten in the holy place, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.

  • Lev 11:26
    71%

    26The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: everyone that touches them shall be unclean.

  • Deut 14:8
    71%

    8And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead bodies.

  • Lev 11:35
    71%

    35And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or stove, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to you.

  • Deut 12:23
    71%

    23Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

  • Lev 21:1
    71%

    1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:

  • Num 18:32
    71%

    32And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.

  • Lev 11:11
    71%

    11They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.

  • Deut 18:3
    70%

    3And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.