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Exodus 22:30-31
New English Translation
Exodus 22:30-31
New English Translation
30 You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.
31 “You will be holy[a] people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field.[b] You must throw it to the dogs.
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- Exodus 22:31 sn The use of this word here has to do with the laws of the sanctuary and not some advanced view of holiness. The ritual holiness at the sanctuary would prohibit eating anything torn to pieces.
- Exodus 22:31 tn Or “by wild animals.”
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