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Leviticus 19:2
“ Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
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Ezekiel 4:14
Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”
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Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.
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Deuteronomy 14:21
“ You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the Lord your God.“ You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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1 Peter 1 15-1 Peter 1 16
But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.For the Scriptures say,“ You must be holy because I am holy.”
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Leviticus 22:8
He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 44:31
The priests may not eat meat from any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that dies after being attacked by another animal.
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Leviticus 11:44-45
For I am the Lord your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.
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Exodus 19:5-6
Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”
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Leviticus 20:25
“ You must therefore make a distinction between ceremonially clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. You must not defile yourselves by eating any unclean animal or bird or creature that scurries along the ground. I have identified them as being unclean for you.
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Leviticus 17:15-16
“ And if any native born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but then they will be clean.But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”
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Acts 10:14
“ No, Lord,” Peter declared.“ I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.”