Leviticus 22:8

a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I [am] Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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

7and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it [is] his food;

9'And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I [am] Jehovah sanctifying them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:30so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

Leviticus 7:24and the fat of a carcase, and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work, but ye do certainly not eat it;

Leviticus 17:15'And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners — hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening — then he hath been clean;

Ezekiel 44:31Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.

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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