Ezekiel 44:31

Ezekiel 44:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
• New International Version (NIV)The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.

Context of Ezekiel 44:31

29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. 30The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

Ezekiel 44:31 word by word

כָּל־נְבֵלָה֙ וּטְרֵפָ֔ה מִן־הָע֖וֹף וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה לֹ֥א יֹאכְל֖וּ הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

• The priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• may notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• birdעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• birdמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• or animalבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• found deadנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• or torn by wildטְרֵפָהţerêphâh · torn animalH2966

Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:31

• 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 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.
• Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
• 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 44:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-31Verses 17-31 Regulations as to the priests‘ services. The garments of the priests are defined and various rules prescribed in the Law are repeated with some additions in order to denote additional care to avoid uncleanness. Ezekiel 44:18 The material of which the four vestments of the ordinary priest were made was “linen,” or, more accurately, “byssus,” the cotton stuff of Egypt. The two special qualities of the byssus - white and shining - are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31They could not eat any bird or animal that died naturally or was attacked by another animal because they separated themselves from death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-312. shut ... not be opened--(Job 12:14; Is 22:22; Re 3:7). "Shut" to the people (Ex 19:21, 22), but open to "the prince" (Eze 44:3), he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. As a mark of respect to an Eastern monarch, the gate by which he enters is thenceforth shut to all other persons (compare Ex 19:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 44:31

• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites
• Temple
• grain offering, meal offering

Commentaries on Ezekiel 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings