Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
General references
Bible References
General references
Exodus 22:31
"You are to be people set apart for me. You are not to eat flesh torn apart in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs."
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 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."
Romans 14:20
Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat.
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if food that I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from stumbling.