Ezekiel 44:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or animal, that died of itself or was torn by animals.

Cross References

Exodus 22:31

“You shall be people consecrated to me, so you shall not eat any meat that is mangled by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! I have never defiled myself; from my youth up until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has carrion flesh come into my mouth.”

Leviticus 11:40

Those who eat of its carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening, and those who carry the carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 17:15

All persons, native-born or alien, who eat what dies of itself or what has been torn by wild animals shall wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening; then they shall be clean.

Leviticus 22:8

That which died or was torn by wild animals he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.

Romans 14:20

Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong to make someone stumble by what you eat;

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to aliens residing in your towns for them 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 kid in its mother’s milk.