Ezekiel 44:31
Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:31You are people who are ◄completely dedicated to/set apart for► me. And I detest the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals. Therefore you should not eat such meat. Instead, throw it where the dogs can eat it.”
Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything that is found dead or that has been killed by wild animals, because if he did that, he would be unfit to work for me. I, Yahweh am commanding those things.
Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, “No, Yahweh God! Do not force me to do that! I have never caused myself to become unacceptable to you by doing anything like that. From the time when I was young, I have never eaten meat of any animal that was found dead or that had been killed by wild animals. And I have never eaten any meat that is unacceptable to you.”
1 Corinthians 8:13So if I, Paul, think that by eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer ◄to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ►. And you should ◄ do as I do/imitate my example►.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:18-31
Directions Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 574.) 17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court… Read the whole commentary →