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— D.L. Moody
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Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
Deuteronomy 14:21 — KJV
Dieth of itself. Literally, “any carcass,” that is, of an animal that dies of itself, from disease or otherwise. This prohibition is a repetition of Leviticus 11:39, 40 (see also Leviticus 17:15). The Hebrew word comes from the verb “to sink down,” “to languish,” “to droop and fade.” Examples are: “Wear away” (Exodus 18:18), “wither” (Psalm 37:2), “falleth off” (Isaiah 34:4), “make thee vile” (Nahum 3:6).
The stranger. An uncircumcised foreigner who did not practice idolatry and was therefore permitted to live among the Hebrews. “Strangers” were not obliged to practice all Levitical and ceremonial regulations.
An alien. That is, the transient foreigner, one who had not settled permanently among the Hebrews but was passing through for trade or for some other reason.
An holy people. Literally, “a people of holiness.” Their separateness, their consecrated status, was ever to be before Israel as their standard of life. The word “holy” is also used of the character of Jehovah, and of the tabernacle, its instruments, and sacrifices (see Leviticus 11:44, 45).
Seethe a kid. For an explanation of this idolatrous custom see on Exodus 23:19 (see also Exodus 34:26).
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