Leviticus 17:15

Anyone, Israelite or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or killed by wild animals must wash their clothes and wash with water, and they will be unclean until the evening. Then they will be clean.

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In The King James Version

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which 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 even: then shall he be clean.

In Context

14for life is in the body's blood. That's why I have warned the Israelites: You are not allowed to eat the blood of anything living, for life is in the body's blood. Anyone who eats it must be expelled.

16But if they don't wash their clothes and wash themselves with water, then they bear responsibility for their guilt.”

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Cross References

Exodus 22:30You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. They can stay with their mothers for their first seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

Leviticus 11:24and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

Leviticus 11:27Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

Leviticus 11:31These animals that run along the ground are unclean for you. If you touch a dead one of them you will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:39If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 17:11-16

The Eating of Blood Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No… Read the whole commentary →

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