Clean and Unclean Food
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"You are p the sons of the Lord your God. q You shall not cut yourselves or make any r baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
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For s you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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t "You shall not eat any abomination.
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u These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
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the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
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Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
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Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the v rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you.
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And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and w their carcasses you shall not touch.
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"Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.
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And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
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"You may eat all clean birds.
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But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
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the kite, the falcon of any kind;
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every raven of any kind;
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the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
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the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl
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and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,
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the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
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And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.
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All clean winged things you may eat.
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x "You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For y you are a people holy to the Lord your God. z "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:2
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Hosea 1:10
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John 1:12
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Romans 9:8
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Romans 9:26
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Galatians 3:26
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
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Cross References
Isaiah 15:2
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
Isaiah 22:12
In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth.
Ezekiel 7:18
They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Ezekiel 4:14
Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.
Acts 10:13 - 14
And there came a voice to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:4 - 20
These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat.
Leviticus 11:2 - 23
Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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Cross References
Leviticus 11:5
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
Psalms 104:18
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
Proverbs 30:26
The rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs.
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Cross References
Leviticus 11:26
Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
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Leviticus 7:24
The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Cross References
Exodus 23:19
The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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