Exodus 22:30
And ye shall be holy men before Me; and the flesh torn from a living animal you may not eat; you shall cast it to the dogs.
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Exodus 13:12that thou shalt make over whatsoever openeth the womb before the Lord; among the cattle which thou hast the male shall be consecrate before the Lord.
Leviticus 7:24But the fat of a dead carcase and the fat of an animal torn by a wild beast may be used in any manner of work, but of it you shall not eat.
Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God; sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am Holy; that you may not contaminate your souls with any reptile which creepeth upon the ground;
Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day he shall be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin;
Leviticus 22:8A carcase which hath been torn he may not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:21You shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it to the uncircumcised stranger who is in thy city, and he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it to the outward people; for thou art to be a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not eat flesh with the milk.
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 →