Leviticus 17:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Everyone, whether a native or an alien, who eats of an animal that died of itself or was killed by a wild beast, shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening, and then become clean.

Cross References

Exodus 22:30

You shall be a people sacred to me. Flesh torn to pieces in the field you shall not eat; you must throw it to the dogs.

Ezekiel 4:14

“Oh no, Lord God,” I protested. “Never have I defiled myself nor have I eaten carrion flesh or flesh torn by wild beasts, nor from my youth till now has any unclean meat entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat anything, whether bird or animal, that died naturally or was killed by wild beasts.

Leviticus 11:24

You become unclean by the following—anyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:25

and anyone who carries any part of their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening—

Leviticus 11:27

Also by the various quadrupeds that walk on paws; they are unclean for you; anyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:28

and anyone who carries their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:31

Among the various swarming creatures, these are unclean for you. Everyone who touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:32

Everything on which one of them falls when dead becomes unclean, including any article of wood, cloth, leather or goat hair—any article of which use can be made. It must be immersed in water and remain unclean until evening, when it again becomes clean.

Leviticus 11:39

When one of the animals that you could otherwise eat dies of itself, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening;

Leviticus 11:40

and anyone who eats any part of its carcass shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening; so also, anyone who carries its carcass shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:10

Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening; whoever carries any such thing shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:21

Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 22:8

He shall not make himself unclean by eating of any animal that has died of itself or has been killed by wild beasts. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 7:24

Although the fat of an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild beasts may be put to any other use, you may not eat it.

Numbers 19:19

The clean will sprinkle the unclean on the third and on the seventh day, and thus purify them on the seventh day. Then they will wash their garments and bathe in water, and in the evening be clean.

Numbers 19:21

This will be a permanent statute for you. Those who sprinkle the purification water will wash their garments, and those who come in contact with the purification water will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:8

Likewise, the one who burned the heifer shall wash his garments in water, bathe his body in water, and be unclean until evening.

Deuteronomy 14:21

You shall not eat the carcass of any animal that has died of itself; but you may give it to a resident alien within your gates to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. Tithes.

Revelation 7:14

I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.