Ezekiel 44:31
Good News Translation
The priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or is killed by another animal."

New Revised Standard Version
The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or animal, that died of itself or was torn by animals.

Contemporary English Version
Priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that has been killed by a wild animal.

New American Bible
The priests shall not eat anything, whether bird or animal, that died naturally or was killed by wild beasts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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.

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.

Leviticus 22:8 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.

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.

Romans 14:20 Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

1 Corinthians 8:13 Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.

Context
The Duties of the Priests
30And the firstfruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations of all things that are offered, shall be the priest's: and you shall give the firstfruits of your meats to the priest, that he may return a blessing upon thy house. 31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:8
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.

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 44:30
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