Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat anything found dead or killed by wild animals, by which he would defile himself. I am Yahweh.
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Exodus 22:30You must also do the same with your oxen and your sheep. For seven days they may remain with their mothers, but on the eighth day you must give them to me.
Leviticus 7:24The fat of an animal that died without being a sacrifice, or the fat of an animal torn by wild animals, may be used for other purposes, but you must certainly not eat it.
Leviticus 17:15Every person who eats an animal that has died or that has been torn by wild animals, whether that person is native born or a foreigner living among you, he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and he will be unclean until the evening. Then he will be clean.
Ezekiel 44:31The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a beast, whether bird or 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 →