¹⁵ “‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything^(A) found dead or torn by wild animals^(B) must wash their clothes and bathe with water,^(C) and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening;^(D) then they will be clean. ¹⁶ But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be held responsible.^(E)’”

⁸ He must not eat anything found dead^(A) or torn by wild animals,^(B) and so become unclean^(C) through it. I am the Lord.^(D)

³⁰ Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.^(A) Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.^(B)

¹² Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement^(A) for fuel.” ¹³ The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”^(B)

¹⁴ Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!^(C) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead^(D) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.^(E)”

³¹ The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead^(A) or torn by wild animals.^(B)