Primary Verses:
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Exodus 21:28-29
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"If an ox gore a man or a woman,
that they die: then
the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not
be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall
be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn
in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner,
and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a
man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner
also shall be put to death."
Supporting Verses:
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Acts 15:20
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"But that we write unto them,
that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from
fornication, and from things strangled,
and from blood."
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Acts 15:29
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"That ye abstain from meats
offered to idols, and
from blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves,
ye shall do well. Fare ye well."
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Acts 21:25
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"As touching the Gentiles which
believe, we have written and concluded that they observe
no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from
things offered to idols,
and from blood, and from
strangled, and from fornication."
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1 Peter 1:14-16
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"As
obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in
your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is
holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is
written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." -
(A quote from Leviticus 11:44-45 which refers to the
dietary laws.)
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