Leviticus 22:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lev 7:24 : 24 And 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.
  • 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 44:31 : 31 The priests shall not eat anything that has died naturally, or was torn, whether it is bird or beast.
  • Lev 11:39-40 : 39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40 And 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.

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  • Lev 17:15
    82%

    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.

  • Ezek 44:31
    82%

    31The priests shall not eat anything that has died naturally, or was torn, whether it is bird or beast.

  • Lev 7:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Exod 22:31
    81%

    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 22:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

    7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and afterward may eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

  • Lev 11:39-41
    3 verses
    81%

    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 22:9
    79%

    9They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Ezek 4:14
    78%

    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.

  • Lev 11:8
    78%

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

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

    8Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Deut 14:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6And every animal that parts the hoof, and has a split hoof, and chews the cud among the animals, that you shall eat.

    7Nevertheless, these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the divided hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof; therefore, they are unclean to you.

    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 7:19-22
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

    22And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 11:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

    3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you shall eat.

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3You shall not eat any abominable thing.

    4These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

  • Lev 22:30
    76%

    30On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until the morning: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 20:25
    75%

    25You shall therefore make a difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean birds and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

  • Deut 12:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

    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 11:24-28
    5 verses
    75%

    24And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

    25And whoever carries any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

    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.

    27And whatever goes upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

    28And he that carries the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 18:30
    74%

    30Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 15:22
    74%

    22You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.

  • Lev 22:4
    74%

    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;

  • Gen 9:4
    74%

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

  • Lev 11:43
    73%

    43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.

  • Deut 12:15
    73%

    15Yet you may slaughter and eat flesh inside all your gates, whatever your soul desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.

  • Lev 22:16
    73%

    16Or cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Lev 7:27
    73%

    27Whatever soul it is that eats any blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 18:24
    72%

    24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.

  • Lev 17:3
    72%

    3Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

  • Lev 17:13
    72%

    13And whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, who hunts and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.