World English Bible
Leviticus 22:8
“That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.”
Verse in context — 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 bathe 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
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
9
They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh 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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