Not my conclusions Fishy the plain testimony of scripture.
The bible says eating the unbled flesh of an animal found already dead resulted only in being unclean until the evening.
You have all your work ahead of you.
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cofty
Fishy - Once again you are plucking verse right out of context. Stop it it makes you look desperate.
Go back and check the context of Leviticus 22. It is the list of additional restrictions that applied only to priesthood and not to Israelites in general.
“Tell Aaron and his sons..." - Lev.22:1
A priest could not touch a dead body or have sex with his wife of do lots of other things that ordinary Israelites could do without having to go through a purification ritual.
The very fact that a priest could not eat an animal found already dead underlines the fact that other Israelites could.
It was forbidden to become unclean.
Nonsense. How could you forbid somebody from having sex for example? If your animal died you had to either eat it or bury it. Both resulted in you being made unclean. Uncleanness was not a crime. All you had to do was bath and change your clothes. No penalty for uncleanness. The only punishment was if you didn't observe the procedure to be clean - bathe and change.
You still have to explain Lev.11 and Lev.17
Stop avoiding the difficult questions Fishy,.
I explained all of that in detail in my article.
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cofty
Bury it or eat it. No difference under the law..
Lev.11:38,39...
If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies...
1 - Anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.
2 - Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.
3 - Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. -
cofty
According to you Fishy if an Israelite farmer found one of his sheep dead he would be executed for burying it.
Really?
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Fisherman
- Exodus 22:31
31 “You should prove yourselves holy people to me,+ and you must not eat the flesh of anything in the field that has been torn by a wild animal.+ You should throw it to the dogs.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
21 “You must not eat any animal that was found dead.+ You may give it to the foreign resident who is inside your cities,* and he may eat it, or it may be sold to a foreigner. For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God
It was forbidden.
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There was no law against eating an animal found already dead -cofty
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cofty
Torn by a wild animal is also a matter of clean or unclean. An animal torn by wild beasts would be bled so it has no relevance to this topic.
Unclean was not a crime.
Please stop and answer the following question. It is crucial to the topic.
If an Israelite shepherd found one of his sheep that had died during the night would he be executed for burying it?
Yes or no.
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cofty
Lev.11:38,39...
If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies...
1 - Anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.
2 - Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.
3 - Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.If an Israelite shepherd found one of his sheep that had died during the night would he be executed for burying it?
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Fisherman
It was forbidden to become unclean.
Nonsense -Cofty
"Speak to the Israelites and say to them.." -Lev 18:2 ..... Lev 18:20,24,25 (resulted in uncleanness ) --- It was forbidden to become unclean: not only for the Kohenim but for everyone!
Burying a dead animal, having sex with your wife, results in uncleanness but was not forbidden. Eating a dead animal was forbidden: "..must not.."