Commentary
Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 22:31
Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of Beasts in the field: ye shall cast it to the dogs.
(i. e.) Separated from all filthiness both moral and ceremonial.
Partly because the blood was not taken out of i[illegible: 1+ letters], partly because the clean beast was ceremonially defiled by the touch of the unclean, and partly to beget in them a detestation of cruelty, even in the beasts, and much more in men.
Matthew Poole and continuators, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, Exodus 22:31. Public domain.
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