Exodus 22:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.”
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“You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:31 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:25You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
- Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 44:31The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- 1 Peter 1:15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
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