Deuteronomy 14:21

New Century Version

Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Do not cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

Cross References

Exodus 19:6

you will be my kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ You must tell the Israelites these words.”

Exodus 22:30

You must do the same with your bulls and your sheep. Let the firstborn males stay with their mothers for seven days, and on the eighth day you must give them to me.

Exodus 23:19

“You must bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the Holy Tent of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26

“Bring the best first crops that you harvest from your ground to the Tent of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Ezekiel 4:14

But I said, “No, Lord God! I have never been made unclean. From the time I was young until now I’ve never eaten anything that died by itself or was torn by animals. Unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

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

Daniel 12:7

The man dressed in linen, who stood over the water, raised his hands toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the name of God who lives forever, “It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will finally be broken, and then all these things will come true.”

Daniel 8:24

This king will be very powerful, but his power will not come from himself. He will cause terrible destruction and will be successful in everything he does. He will destroy powerful people and even God’s holy people.

Leviticus 11:40

Anyone who eats meat from this animal’s dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up the animal’s dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 17:15

“ ‘If a person, either a citizen or a foreigner, eats an animal that died by itself or was killed by another animal, he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

Leviticus 22:8

“ ‘If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by some other animal, he must not eat it. If he does, he will become unclean. I am the Lord.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.

Romans 12:2

Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Deuteronomy 14:20

Other things with wings are clean, and you may eat them.

Deuteronomy 7:6

You are holy people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

1 Peter 1:16

It is written in the Scriptures: “You must be holy, because I am holy.”