"You shall not eatanydetestablething.
"You shall takewith you of everycleananimalby sevens,a maleand his female;and of the animalsthat are not cleantwo,a maleand his female;
Who sitamong gravesand spendthe nightin secretplaces;Who eatswine'sflesh,And the brothof uncleanmeatis [in] their pots.
But I said,"Ah,LordGOD!Behold,I have neverbeendefiled;for from my youthuntilnowI have nevereatenwhatdiedof itself or was tornby beasts,norhas any uncleanmeatever enteredmy mouth."
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,Theseare the creatureswhichyou may eatfrom allthe animalsthat are on the earth.
Do not renderyourselvesdetestablethrough anyof the swarmingthingsthat swarm;and you shall not makeyourselves uncleanwith them so that you becomeunclean.
You are therefore to makea distinctionbetweenthe cleananimaland the unclean,and betweenthe uncleanbirdand the clean;and you shall not makeyourselvesdetestableby animalor by birdor by anythingthat creepson the ground,whichI have separatedfor you as unclean.
I knowand am convincedin the LordJesusthat nothingis uncleanin itself;but to him who thinksanythingto be unclean,to him it is unclean.
But ifanyonesaysto you, "Thisis meat sacrificed to idols,"do not eat[it], for the sakeof the onewho informed[you], and for conscience'sake;
To the pure,all thingsare pure;but to thosewho are defiledand unbelieving,nothingis pure,but boththeir mindand their conscienceare defiled.
