Exodus 22:31

31 o“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore pyou shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

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Leviticus 17:15
And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.

Leviticus 22:8
He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 4:14
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31
The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.


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