Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

General references

Bible References

Holy

Exodus 19:5
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
Leviticus 11:45
I am the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You are to be holy, because I am holy.
Leviticus 19:2
"Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Deuteronomy 14:21
"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
1 Peter 1:15
Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy.

Neither

Leviticus 17:15
"Any person who eats a carcass or an animal that was torn by beasts (whether that person is native born or is a resident alien), is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will remain unclean until evening, and then he'll become clean.
Leviticus 20:25
"I am your God. I've separated you from the people. You are to differentiate between the clean animal and the unclean and between the unclean bird and the clean. You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any animal, bird, or any creeping creature of the ground that I've separated for you as unclean.
Leviticus 22:8
He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:21
"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
Ezekiel 4:14
"Now, Lord GOD," I replied, "I've never been defiled, ever since I was young until now. I haven't eaten an animal that died on its own or was torn by beasts, and no unclean meat has ever entered my mouth!"
Ezekiel 44:31
However, the priests are not to eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or that has been torn apart."
Acts 10:14
But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!"
Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.

General references

Leviticus 22:8
He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 44:31
However, the priests are not to eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or that has been torn apart."

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