Exodus 22:31 “You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled an…”

Exodus 22:31

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

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall be an holy people vnto me, neither shall ye eate any flesh that is torne of beastes in the fielde: ye shall cast it to the dogge.

Darby Translation

— And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog.

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.

Bible in Basic English

You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

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Cross references

“holy”

Leviticus 19:2 Deuteronomy 14:21 Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6 Leviticus 11:45 1 Peter 1:15

Leviticus 19:2 · BSB

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Deuteronomy 14:21 · BSB

You 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 co…

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now 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.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Leviticus 11:45 · BSB

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

1 Peter 1:15 · BSB

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

“neither”

Ezekiel 4:14 Leviticus 22:8 Ezekiel 44:31 Acts 15:20 Leviticus 20:25 Acts 10:14

Ezekiel 4:14 · BSB

“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.”

Leviticus 22:8 · BSB

He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 44:31 · BSB

The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

Acts 15:20 · BSB

Instead, 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.

Leviticus 20:25 · BSB

You 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.

Acts 10:14 · BSB

“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

Also

Leviticus 11:44–45

Leviticus 11:44–45 · BSB

For 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

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