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Leviticus 22:8

He 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.

Translation for Translators

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

7After the sun sets, he will be permitted to eat some of the sacred offerings that are for him to eat.

9“The priests must obey my commandments in order that they will not become guilty and die as a result of ◄despising/not obeying► them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:30You must dedicate your firstborn sons to me. Similarly, your firstborn male cattle and sheep belong to me. After those animals are born, allow them to stay with their mothers for seven days. On the eighth day, offer them to me as a sacrifice.

Leviticus 7:24The fat of an animal that is found dead or that has been killed by a wild animal may be used for other purposes, but you must not eat it.

Leviticus 17:15‘Anyone in Israel, including foreigners, who eats any of the meat of any creature that is found dead, or that had been killed by wild animals, must wash his clothes and bathe. Then he must not touch anyone until that evening.

Ezekiel 44:31Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’”

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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