Deuteronomy 14:3-20

Clean and Unclean Food

3 t "You shall not eat any abomination. 4 u These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, 1 the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 7 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. 8 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.

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

11 "You may eat all clean birds. 12 But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, 2 the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 13 the kite, the falcon of any kind; 14 every raven of any kind; 15 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; 16 the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl 17 and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, 18 the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. 19 And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. 20 All clean winged things you may eat.

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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