Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
He shall not eat
King James Version
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Holman Bible
He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts,
International Standard Version
He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.
A Conservative Version
That which dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it. I am LORD.
American Standard Version
That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
Amplified
He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.
Darby Translation
Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
A carcass or torn of wild beast, he shall not eat to be defiled with it: I Jehovah.
King James 2000
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat to defile himself by it: I am the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He shall not eat a [naturally] dead body or a mangled carcass, {so that he becomes unclean} by it; I [am] Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
He shall not eat a dead body or one torn, to defile himself with them. I am Jehovah.
NET Bible
He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
That which dieth of itself or is torn in pieces, shall he not eat to make himself unclean thereby, - I, am Yahweh.
Webster
That which dieth of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
World English Bible
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I am Jehovah.
Themes
Beasts » That died naturally or were torn, not to be eaten
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Topics
Interlinear
N@belah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Priests And Their Food
7 And then when the sun is down he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the hallowed things: for they are his food. 8 Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. 9 But let them keep therefore mine ordinance, lest they lade sin upon them and die therein when they have defiled themselves: for I am the LORD which sanctify them.
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Cross References
Leviticus 17:15
And whatsoever soul it be that eateth that which died alone or that which was torn with wild beasts: whether it be one of yourselves or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean unto the even, and then is he clean.
Exodus 22:31
Ye shall be holy people unto me, and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. But shall cast it to dogs."
Leviticus 7:24
neverthelater, the fat of the beast that dieth alone and the fat of that which is torn with wild beasts, may be occupied in all manner uses: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
Leviticus 11:39-40
If any beast of which ye eat die, he that toucheth the dead carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall eat of nothing that dieth alone: But thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is in thy city that he eat it, or mayest sell it unto an Alien. For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Ezekiel 44:31
But no dead carrion shall the priest eat, nor such as is devoured of wild beasts, fouls or cattle."