Leviticus 22:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ That which died or was torn by wild animals he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, defiling himself with it. I am the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁸ He must not eat an animal that has died naturally or that was killed by another animal, becoming unclean by doing so; I am the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Whatever dies on its own, and whatever has been seized by a wild beast, they shall not eat, nor shall they be polluted by these. I am the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:8 Cross References

Exodus 22:30

You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall remain with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

Exodus 22:31

“You shall be people consecrated to me, so you shall not eat any meat that is mangled by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! I have never defiled myself; from my youth up until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has carrion flesh come into my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or animal, that died of itself or was torn by animals.

Leviticus 17:15

All persons, native-born or alien, who eat what dies of itself or what has been torn by wild animals shall wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening; then they shall be clean.

Leviticus 7:24

The fat of an animal that died or was torn by wild animals may be put to any other use, but you must not eat it.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to aliens residing in your towns for them to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.