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 foul flesh come into my mouth.”
Leviticus 11:2 - Revised Standard Version “Say to the people of Israel, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say to the Israelites: These are the animals which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. [Mark 7:15-19.] American Standard Version (1901) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Common English Bible Say to the Israelites: These are the creatures that you are allowed to eat from the land animals: Catholic Public Domain Version Say to the sons of Israel: These are the animals that you ought to eat out of all the living things of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth. |
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 foul flesh come into my mouth.”
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's rich food, or with the wine which he drank; therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
They shall remain an abomination to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination.
“And these you shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on the earth.
“And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,
Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
Any food in it which may be eaten, upon which water may come, shall be unclean; and all drink which may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean.
“And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
Nevertheless among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.
but deal only with food and drink and various ablutions, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.