12 occurrences

'Carcasses' in the Bible

The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.

‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

The pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.

“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”

I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”

I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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