Deuteronomy 14:21

Easy To Read Version

“Don’t eat any animal that has died by itself. You may give the dead animal to the foreigner in your town, and he can eat it. Or you may sell the dead animal to a foreigner. But you yourselves must not eat the dead animal. Why? Because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people.

Cross References

Exodus 19:6

You will be a special nation—a kingdom of priests.’ Moses, you must tell the people of Israel what I have said.”

Exodus 22:30

Also, give me your firstborn cattle and sheep. Let the firstborn stay with its mother for seven days. Then on the eighth day, give him to me.

Exodus 23:19

“When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house [150] of the Lord your God.

Exodus 34:26

“Give the Lord the very first crops that you harvest. Bring those things to the house [353] of the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I (Ezekiel) said, “Oh, but Lord my Master, I have never eaten any unclean food. I have never eaten meat from an animal that died from a disease or from an animal that was killed by a wild animal. I have never eaten unclean meat—not from the time I was a little baby until today. None of that bad meat ever entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests must not eat any bird or animal that died a natural death or had been torn to pieces \{by a wild animal\}.

Daniel 12:7

“The man dressed in linen {\cf2\super [136]} and standing over the water lifted his right and left hands toward heaven. And I heard him make a promise using the name of God who lives forever. He said, ‘It will be for three and one-half years. {\cf2\super [137]} The power of the holy people will be broken, and then all these things will finally come true.’

Daniel 8:24

This king will be very powerful—but his power does not come from himself. {\cf2\super [97]} This king will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in everything he does. He will destroy powerful people—even God’s special people.

Leviticus 11:40

And the person who eats meat from this animal’s body must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening. The person who picks up the dead body of the animal must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 17:15

“Also, if any person eats an animal that died by itself, or if any person eats an animal that was killed by some other animal, then that person will be unclean [311] until evening. That person must wash his clothes and wash his {whole} body with water. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if he is a foreigner living among you!

Leviticus 22:8

“If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by wild animals, he must not eat that dead animal. If that person eats that animal, he will become unclean. [392] I am the Lord!

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them. We should tell them these things:

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world. But let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what things are good and pleasing to God and what things are perfect.

Deuteronomy 14:2

Why? Because you are different from other people. You are the Lord’s special people. From all the people in the world, the Lord your God chose you to be his own special people.

Deuteronomy 14:20

But you may eat any clean [92] bird.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Why? Because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people that belong only to him.

1 Peter 1:16

The Scriptures {\cf2\super [9]} say, “Be holy, because I (God) am holy.” {\cf2\super [10]}