Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
The dead
General references
Bible References
Eaten
Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
Leviticus 7:20
But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 21:1
The Lord said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,
Hosea 9:4 They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
their wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
Malachi 2:13
And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
The dead
Psalm 106:28 They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
Ezekiel 24:17
Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”
General references
Numbers 13:27
They reported to Moses: “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit.
Deuteronomy 14:22
“Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.