14 Bible Verses about Corpses Of Animals

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Exodus 21:35

“If one man’s ox hurts another’s so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox.

Exodus 21:34

the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.

Exodus 21:36

Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

Leviticus 11:8

You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:11

and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.

Leviticus 11:31

These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

Ezekiel 4:14

But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

Judges 14:8

When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.

Leviticus 17:15

When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Ezekiel 40:43

The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Daniel 7:11

Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire.

Hebrews 13:11

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

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