Leviticus 17:15
And everyone who eateth of a carcase (that hath died of itself) or hath been torn, whether he be native-born or of the strangers, let him wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening, and (then) shall he be clean.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
16But if he wash not, nor bathe his flesh, he shall bear his transgression.
Cross References
Exodus 22:30And 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.
Leviticus 11:24And by these you will be unclean; everyone who toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:27And every (animal) that goeth upon its paws, of all beast that go upon four, shall be unclean to you; whoever toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:31These are unclean to you of all that creep; everyone who toucheth them in their dead state shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 11:39And if anyone of the cattle of which you eat die, whosoever toucheth its carcase shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, bathe himself in water, and 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 →