Clean and Unclean Food

Deuteronomy 14

1 "You are a the children of the LORD your God; b you shall not cut yourselves nor 1 shave the front of your head for the dead. 2 c "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

3 d "You shall not eat any 2 detestable thing. 4 e "These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 "the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the 3 mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 "And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals. 7 "Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you. 8 "Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh f or touch their dead carcasses.

9 g "These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales. 10 "And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 "All clean birds you may eat. 12 h "But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 "the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 "every raven after its kind; 15 "the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 "the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 "the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 "the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat. 19 "Also i every 4 creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; j they shall not be eaten. 20 "You may eat all clean birds.

21 k "You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; l for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. m You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 8:16
    The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
    Galatians 3:26
    For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:28
    You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
    Leviticus 21:1 - 5
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'None shall defile himself for the dead among his people.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:26
    And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    Romans 12:1
    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:2 - 45
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:26
    The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean.
    Leviticus 11:27
    And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:9
    These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers - that you may eat.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:13
    And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:20
    All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:23
    But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.
    Leviticus 22:8
    Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
    Ezekiel 44:31
    The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:2
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 23:19
    The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Exodus 34:26
    "The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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