Discovery BoxExodus 9:21 
Context9:21 but those 1 who did not take 2 the word of the Lord seriously left their servants and their cattle 3 in the field.
Exodus 22:31
Context22:31 “You will be holy 4 people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. 5 You must throw it to the dogs.
1 tn The Hebrew text again has the singular.
2 tn Heb “put to his heart.”
3 tn Heb “his servants and his cattle.”
4 sn The use of this word here has to do with the laws of the sanctuary and not some advanced view of holiness. The ritual holiness at the sanctuary would prohibit eating anything torn to pieces.
5 tn Or “by wild animals.”
