Leviticus 17:15

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“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!

Cross References

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.

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\}.

Leviticus 11:24

Those insects will make you unclean. [134] Any person who touches the dead bodies of these insects will become unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:25

If a person picks up one of those dead insects, then that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:28

If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:31

Those crawling animals are unclean for you. Any person who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:32

“If any of those unclean [140] animals dies and falls on something, then that thing will become unclean. It might be something made from wood, cloth, leather, a cloth of sadness or some work tool. Whatever it is, it must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.

Leviticus 11:39

“Also, if an animal {that you use for food} dies, then the person who touches its dead body will be unclean [143] until evening.

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 15:10

So any person who touches any of the things that were under the person with the discharge will be unclean until evening. The person who carries these things {that were under the person with the discharge} must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:21

If any person touches the woman’s bed, that person must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5

If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.

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!

Leviticus 7:24

You may use the fat from any animal that has died by itself, or was torn by {other} animals. But you must never eat it.

Numbers 19:19

“Then a clean [262] person must sprinkle this water on the unclean [263] person on the third day and again on the seventh day. On the seventh day, that person becomes clean. He must wash his clothes in water. He will become clean in the evening.

Numbers 19:21

This rule will be for you forever. If a person is sprinkled with the special water, then he must also wash his clothes. Any person who touches the special water will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:8

The person who burns that cow must wash himself and his clothes in water. He will be unclean until evening.

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.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know who they are, sir.”