Leviticus 22:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

Cross References

Exodus 22:30

and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep. Let the animals stay with their mothers for seven days, then on the eighth day give them to me, your God.

Exodus 22:31

You are my chosen people, so don't eat the meat of any of your livestock that was killed by a wild animal. Instead, feed the meat to dogs.

Ezekiel 4:14

I said, “LORD God, please don't make me do that! Never in my life have I eaten food that would make me unacceptable to you. I've never eaten anything that died a natural death or was killed by a wild animal or that you said was unclean.”

Ezekiel 44:31

Priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that has been killed by a wild animal.

Leviticus 17:15

If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you must take a bath and wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.

Leviticus 7:24

If one of your animals dies or is killed by some wild animal, you may do anything with its fat except eat it.

Deuteronomy 14:21

You belong to the LORD your God, so if you happen to find a dead animal, don't eat its meat. You may give it to foreigners who live in your town or sell it to foreigners who are visiting your town. Don't boil a young goat in its mother's milk.