KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 22:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.
Surrounding context — Exodus 22
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
31 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאַנְשֵׁי־H582 · e.noshhumanקֹ֖דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessתִּהְי֣וּןH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֑יH9030 · nimeוּבָשָׂ֨רH1320 · ba.sarfleshבַּשָּׂדֶ֤הH7704 · sa.daySirionטְרֵפָה֙H2966 · te.re.phahtorn animalלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתֹאכֵ֔לוּH398 · a.khalto eatלַכֶּ֖לֶבH3611 · ke.levdogתַּשְׁלִכ֥וּןH7993 · sha.lakhto throwאֹתֽוֹ׃ סH853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.Leviticus 22:8That which dieth of itself, or is torn [with beasts], he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I [am] the LORD.Ezekiel 44:31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.1 Peter 1:15-16But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.Exodus 19:5-6Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Leviticus 11:44-45For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.Leviticus 17:15-16And every soul that eateth that which died [of itself], or that which was torn [with beasts, whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.Acts 10:14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.Leviticus 20:25Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
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