Exodus 22:31
And you are holy men to Me, and you do not eat flesh torn in the field, you cast it to a dog.
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Leviticus 11:44For I [am] your God YHWH, and you have sanctified yourselves, and you have been holy, for I [am] holy; and you do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;
Leviticus 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: You are holy, because I, your God YHWH, [am] holy.
Leviticus 22:8he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.
Ezekiel 4:14And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, my soul is not defiled, and carcass, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even until now; nor has abominable flesh come into my mouth.”
Acts 10:14And Peter said, “Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean”;
1 Peter 1:15but according as He who called you [is] holy, you also, become holy in all behavior,
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 →