Exodus 22:31
You are to be holy people to me. You must not eat any animal carcass that you find in the countryside that has been killed by wild animals. Throw it to the dogs to eat.”
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Leviticus 11:44because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.
Leviticus 19:2“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything that has died, or has been killed by wild animals, because that would make him unclean. I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 4:14“Please no, Lord God!” I answered. “I have never made myself unclean. I haven't eaten anything found dead or killed by wild animals from the time I was young until now. I've never put unclean meat in my mouth.”
Acts 10:14But Peter replied, “Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is impure and unclean.”
1 Peter 1:15Now you need to be holy in everything you do, just as the one who called you is holy.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →