Ezekiel 44:31
What does Ezekiel 44:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 44:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast.
Context
v.30And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 14:20
Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
- Exodus 22:31
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.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
- Leviticus 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
- Leviticus 22:8
That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
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