Ezekiel 44:31

World English Bible (2000)

The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 22:8 : 8 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
  • Exod 22:31 : 31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
  • Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
  • Rom 14:20 : 20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.
  • Lev 17:15 : 15 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.

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  • Lev 22:8
    82%

    8 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.

  • Exod 22:31
    78%

    31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

  • Lev 7:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it.

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

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

  • Lev 6:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.

    30 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.

  • Lev 11:39-41
    3 verses
    75%

    39 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

    40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

    41 "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 17:15
    75%

    15 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.

  • Deut 14:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

    20 Of all clean birds you may eat.

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

  • Lev 11:8
    74%

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

  • Deut 14:3
    74%

    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • Lev 22:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

    11 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

  • Lev 6:23
    74%

    23 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."

  • Lev 7:6
    74%

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

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46 "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

    47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"

  • Lev 27:11
    73%

    11 If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal before the priest;

  • Ezek 4:14
    73%

    14 Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

  • Gen 9:4
    73%

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

  • Ezek 44:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

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

    30 The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest: you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

  • Deut 14:11
    72%

    11 Of all clean birds you may eat.

  • Lev 7:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19 "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may eat it;

    20 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

    21 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"

  • Lev 22:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall you do thus in your land.

    25 Neither shall you offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"

  • Exod 29:34
    72%

    34 If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

  • Deut 28:26
    71%

    26 Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    71%

    15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw."

  • Exod 12:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

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

    46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.

  • Ezek 44:21
    71%

    21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

  • Lev 22:15
    71%

    15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

  • Lev 22:4
    71%

    4 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

  • Lev 6:26
    71%

    26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

  • Lev 11:26
    71%

    26 "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

  • Deut 14:8
    71%

    8 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

  • Lev 11:35
    71%

    35 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

  • Deut 12:23
    71%

    23 Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

  • Lev 21:1
    71%

    1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;

  • Num 18:32
    71%

    32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best: and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.'"

  • Lev 11:11
    71%

    11 and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

  • Deut 18:3
    70%

    3 This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.