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Ezekiel 44:31 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 44 · verse 31
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.Ezekiel 44:31 · King James Version
Ezekiel 44:31 in context
29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- itselfnᵉbêlâha flabby thingH5038 →
- tornṭᵉrêphâhpreyH2966 →
- fowlʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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God's priests must be regulars, not seculars; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those rules. Directions are here given, I. Concerning their clothes;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-31