Exodus 22:31
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.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall be to Me holy men. And flesh torn in the field you⁺ shall not eat; you⁺ shall throw it to the dog.
- ÅB
- Dere skal være hellige mennesker for megdere skal ikke spise kjøtt av ihjelrevne dyr som dere finner på markendere skal kaste det for hundene.
[^1]: se 2MO 21, 6.
[^2]: se 2MO 22, 8.
[^3]: se 2MO 21, 6. - OTB
- «Dere skal være hellige mennesker for meg. Derfor, ikke spis kjøttet av et dyr revet av ville dyr; kast det til hundene.
- B1930
- I skal være hellige mennesker for mig; I skal ikke ete kjøtt av ihjelrevne dyr som I finner på marken; I skal kaste det for hundene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:2
Speak 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 4:14
Then 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.
Read in contextLeviticus 22:8
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 44:31
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:21
Ye 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.
Read in context1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Read in contextActs 15:20
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:25
Ye 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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