Ezekiel 44:31

The Priests shall not eate of any thing, that is dead, or torne, whether it be foule or beast.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

30And all the first of all the first borne, and euery oblation, euen all of euery sort of your oblations shall be the Priestes. Ye shall also giue vnto the Priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:31Ye shall be an holy people vnto me, neither shall ye eate any flesh that is torne of beastes in the fielde: ye shall cast it to the dogge.

Leviticus 22:8Of a beast that dyeth, or is rent with beasts, whereby he may be defiled, hee shall not eate: I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah, Lord God, beholde, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp, euen vnto this houre, I haue not eaten of a thing dead, or torne in pieces, neither came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth.

1 Corinthians 8:13Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.

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 →

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