Exodus 22:31

The Message

“Be holy for my sake. “Don’t eat mutilated flesh you find in the fields; throw it to the dogs.” * * *

Cross References

Ezekiel 4:14

I said, “God, my Master! Never! I’ve never contaminated myself with food like that. Since my youth I’ve never eaten anything forbidden by law, nothing found dead or violated by wild animals. I’ve never taken a single bite of forbidden food.”

Ezekiel 44:31

“Priests are not to eat any meat from bird or animal unfit for ordinary human consumption, such as carcasses found dead on the road or in the field.”

Acts 10:14

Peter said, “Oh, no, Lord. I’ve never so much as tasted food that was not kosher.”

Deuteronomy 14:21

Because you are a people holy to God, your God, don’t eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner. Don’t boil a kid in its mother’s milk.