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Ezekiel 4:14

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

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ASV

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

KJV

Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֲהָהּ֙'a.Hahalas!H162 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself myH5315 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
מְטֻמָּאָ֑הme.tu.ma.'Ah[has been] made uncleanH2930 →
וּנְבֵלָ֨הu.ne.ve.Lahand a carcassH5038 →
וּטְרֵפָ֤הu.te.re.Fahand a torn animalH2966 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אָכַ֙לְתִּי֙'a.Khal.tiI have eatenH398 →
מִנְּעוּרַ֣יmi.ne.'u.Raisince youth<s> myH5271 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untilH5704 →
עַ֔תָּה'A.tahnowH6258 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
בָ֥אva'it has goneH935 →
בְּפִ֖יbe.Fiin mouth myH6310 →
בְּשַׂ֥רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320 →
פִּגּֽוּל׃ סpi.Gulunclean meatH6292 →

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Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.Isaiah 65:4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.Jeremiah 1:6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.Exodus 22:31You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.Leviticus 19:7If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.Leviticus 11:39–40If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.Isaiah 66:17“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.Leviticus 11:40Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 7:21If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”Leviticus 7:24The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.Ezekiel 44:31The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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