That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts,.... Whether fowls or beasts, and even clean ones, which, had they been killed in a proper manner, were fit to cut, but dying of themselves, or torn…
Barnes' Notes
The pollution in the priests would be an aggravated one, inasmuch as they would have to forego their sacred functions. Compare Eze 4:14; Eze 44:31. The general prohibition occurs in Lev 11:39; Lev…
Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the priests' work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things: and the Jewish writers say that "to keep them from idleness they were…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Lev 17:15.
10 16 describe those to whom, outside the priestly body, permission to eat of the holy things may be extended.
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