"You shall be holymento Me, therefore you shall not eat[any] fleshtornto pieces in the field;you shall throwit to the dogs.
"For they have takensomeof their daughters[as wives] for themselves and for their sons,so that the holyracehas intermingledwith the peoplesof the lands;indeed, the handsof the princesand the rulershave beenforemostin thisunfaithfulness."
But I said,"Ah,LordGOD!Behold,I have neverbeendefiled;for from my youthuntilnowI have nevereatenwhatdiedof itself or was tornby beasts,norhas any uncleanmeatever enteredmy mouth."
"The priestsshall not eatanybirdor beastthat has dieda naturaldeathor has been tornto pieces.
"Speakto allthe congregationof the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be holy,for I the LORDyour Godam holy.
You are therefore to makea distinctionbetweenthe cleananimaland the unclean,and betweenthe uncleanbirdand the clean;and you shall not makeyourselvesdetestableby animalor by birdor by anythingthat creepson the ground,whichI have separatedfor you as unclean.
He shall not eat[an animal] whichdiesor is torn[by beasts], becominguncleanby it; I am the LORD.
Also the fatof [an animal] which diesand the fatof an animaltorn[by beasts] may be putto anyother use,but you must certainlynot eatit.
But Petersaid,"By no means,Lord,for I have nevereatenanythingunholyand unclean."
but that we writeto them that they abstainfrom things contaminatedby idolsand from fornicationand from what is strangledand from blood.
"You shall not eatanythingwhichdies[of itself]. You may giveit to the alienwhois in your town,so that he may eatit, oryou may sellit to a foreigner,for you are a holypeopleto the LORDyour God.You shall not boila younggoatin its mother'smilk.
