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
And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.
Leviticus 17:15
And every soul which shall eat a carcass and torn in pieces among the native or the stranger, and he washed his garments and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening: and he was clean.
Leviticus 22:8
A carcass or torn of wild beast, he shall not eat to be defiled with it: I Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat any carcass: to the stranger that is in thy gates ye shall give it, and he shall eat it; or sell it to a foreigner: for thou a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother's milk.
Romans 14:20
Not for sake of food destroy thou the work of God. Truly all things clean; but evil to the man eating by offence.
1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if food offend my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, lest I shall offend my brother.