21 Bible Verses about Eating Corpses
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Yet within three days Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.
And your body shall be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. And no man shall frighten them away.
Those of Jeroboam who die in the city, the dogs shall eat. And those who die in the field, the fowls of the air shall eat. For Jehovah has spoken.
Those of Baasha who die in the city shall the dogs eat. And those of his who die in the fields, the birds of the air shall eat.
He who dies of Ahab in the city, the dogs shall eat. And he who dies in the field, the birds of the air shall eat.
And Jehovah also spoke of Jezebel saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in a part of Jezreel, and none shall be there to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.
And they came again and told him. And he said, This is the Word of Jehovah which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.
And the bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
And I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem come to nothing in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the animals of the earth.
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.
And you, son of man, So says the Lord Jehovah. Speak to the bird of every wing, and to every beast of the field: Gather yourselves and come; gather yourselves from all around to My sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong ones, and the flesh of horses, and those sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.
And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.
And they answered and said to Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.
Jehovah will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you and take your head from you and give the bodies of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the air today, and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
