Leviticus 7:24

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“The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.”

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BSBPD

“The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the fat of a carcase, and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work, but ye do certainly not eat it;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 7:24 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 22:30You 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.
  2. Exodus 22:31You 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.
  3. Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
  4. Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
  5. Deuteronomy 14:21You 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 cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
  6. Ezekiel 4:14“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.”
  7. Ezekiel 44:31The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

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