15 (A)“And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, (B)he shall both wash his clothes and (C)bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.

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15 “‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything(A) found dead or torn by wild animals(B) must wash their clothes and bathe with water,(C) and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening;(D) then they will be clean.

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(A)Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.

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He must not eat anything found dead(A) or torn by wild animals,(B) and so become unclean(C) through it. I am the Lord.(D)

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14 So I said, (A)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (B)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (C)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18

14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(A) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(B) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(C)

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31 The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that (A)died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.

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31 The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead(A) or torn by wild animals.(B)

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