Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Deuteronomy 14:3 - King James Version - American Edition Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not eat anything that is abominable [to the Lord and so forbidden by Him]. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. Common English Bible Don’t eat any detestable thing. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not eat the things that are unclean. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Eat not the things that are unclean. |
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.