Leviticus 22:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“A priest must not eat any animal that died by itself or that was killed by wild animals. If he eats that animal, he will be unclean. I am the Lord.

Cross References

Leviticus 17:15

“If any of you, whether Israelite or foreigner living among you, eats an animal that died by itself or was killed by some other animal, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe your whole body with water.

Exodus 22:31

“You are my special people. So don’t eat the meat from something that was killed by wild animals. Let the dogs eat that dead animal.

Ezekiel 44:31

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

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, because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people. “Don’t cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

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.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Oh, but Lord GOD, 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 that I was a little baby until now. None of that bad meat ever entered my mouth.”

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.