Leviticus 22:8
Good News Translation
He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
That which died or was torn by wild animals he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it: I am the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

New American Bible
He shall not make himself unclean by eating of any animal that has died of itself or has been killed by wild beasts. I am the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 17:15 The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.

Exodus 22:31 You shall be holy men to me: the flesh that beasts have tasted of before, you shall not eat, but shall cast it to the dogs.

Deuteronomy 14:21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

Ezekiel 44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.

Context
Restrictions Against the Unclean
7And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat. 8That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.9Let them keep my precepts, that they may not fall into sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they shall have defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.…
Cross References
Leviticus 7:24
The fat of a carcass that hath died of itself, and of a beast that was caught by another beast, you shall have for divers uses.

Leviticus 11:39
If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 17:15
The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.

Deuteronomy 14:21
But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

Ezekiel 4:14
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not eaten any thing that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth.

Ezekiel 44:31
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.

Leviticus 22:7
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