Leviticus 22:8

he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

In Context

7and the sun has gone in, and he has been clean, and afterward he eats of the holy things, for it [is] his food;

9And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they defile it; I [am] YHWH sanctifying them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:30so you do to your ox [and] to your sheep; it is with its mother [for] seven days, on the eighth day you give it to Me.

Leviticus 7:24and the fat of a carcass, and the fat of a torn thing, is prepared for any work, but you certainly do not eat it;

Leviticus 17:15And any person who eats a carcass or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners, has washed his garments and bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening—then he has been clean;

Ezekiel 44:31The priests do not eat any carcass or torn thing, from the bird or from the beast.”

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:2-10

Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord . 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off… Read the whole commentary →

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