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Leviticus 22:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD. "

Leviticus 22:8

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6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

8 He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.

9 “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

10 “‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

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Leviticus 19:8

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"but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD, and that soul shall be cut off from his people."

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Leviticus 11:44

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"For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth."

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Exodus 22:31

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"“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."

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Exodus 29:33

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"They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy."

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Deuteronomy 12:15

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"Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the LORD your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer."

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Leviticus 17:15

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"“‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Then he shall be clean."

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Leviticus 22:1

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

Leviticus 22:2

"“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am the LORD."

Leviticus 22:3

"“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am the LORD."

Leviticus 22:4

"“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,"

Leviticus 22:5

"or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—"

Leviticus 22:6

"the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water."

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