Ezekiel 44:31

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

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.”

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!

Romans 14:20

Don’t let the eating of food destroy the work of God. All food is right to eat. But it is wrong for a person to eat something that makes another person fall into sin.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“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.