Deuteronomy 14:21

Modern English Version

You must not eat of anything that dies of itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Cross References

Exodus 19:6

And you will be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the Israelites.”

Exodus 22:30

Likewise you must do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall remain with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to Me.

Exodus 23:19

The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26

The first of the firstfruits of your land you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been defiled, for from my youth up, even until now, I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces, nor has abominable meat come into my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has died naturally or was torn to pieces.

Daniel 12:7

And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. And when they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

Daniel 8:24

His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. And he shall destroy wonderfully and shall prosper and practice his will and shall destroy the mighty men and the holy people.

Leviticus 11:40

And the person who eats of the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. The person who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 17:15

Every person who eats that which died of itself, or that which was torn by animals, whether he is a native citizen or a foreigner, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Then he shall be clean.

Leviticus 22:8

That which dies of itself or is torn by animals he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them to abstain from food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from strangled animals, and from blood.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:20

You may eat all the clean birds.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

1 Peter 1:16

because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”