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
And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that [is] in your {towns} and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there.
Leviticus 7:20
And the person who eats meat from the fellowship offerings' sacrifice, which [is] for Yahweh, and whose uncleanness [is] upon him--that person shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 21:1
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and say to them, 'One must not make himself unclean for a dead person among his [own] people,
Hosea 9:4
They will not pour [drink offerings of] wine to Yahweh, and their sacrifices will not please him. [They are] like mourners' bread for them; all those who eat it will be defiled. For their bread will be {for their hunger}; it will not come [to] the house of Yahweh.
Malachi 2:13
And this you do {as well}: [you] cover the altar of Yahweh [with] tears, [with] weeping and [with] groaning, because he {no longer regards the offering} or accepts [it] [with] favor from your hand.
The dead
Psalm 106:28
They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to [the] dead.
Ezekiel 24:17
Sigh in silence [for the] dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your [upper] lip, and the bread of {mourners} you shall not eat."
General references
Numbers 13:27
And they told him, "We came to the land that you sent us, and it [is] flowing of milk and honey; this [is] its fruit.
Deuteronomy 14:22
"Certainly you must give a tithe [of] all the yield of your seed, {which comes forth from your field year after year}.