Then I said, “Ah, Adonai Elohim ! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up until now have I not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts. Tainted meat has never come into my mouth.”
Leviticus 11:2 - Tree of Life Version “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying: These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals 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, Adonai Elohim ! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up until now have I not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts. Tainted meat has never come into my mouth.”
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the king’s delicacies or with the wine he was drinking, so he entreated the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
They are to be detestable to you. You should not eat meat from them and you should detest their carcasses.
“Among the birds you should detest the following—they are not to be eaten—they are loathsome: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
Yet you may eat from all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
“Among the creeping things that creep on the earth, the following are unclean to you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
Whatever has a split, divided hoof and chews cud among the animals—that you may eat.
Any food that may be eaten but has water on it from such a pot will become unclean. Also any drink that may be drunk in any such pot will become unclean.
“If any animal that you may eat dies, the one who touches its carcass will become unclean until the evening.
“Nevertheless, you should not eat of those that only chew cud, or have a split hoof. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof, is unclean to you.
“From all that are in the waters, you may eat whatever has fins and scales, within the waters, in the seas and in the rivers. Those you may eat.
It’s not what goes into the mouth that makes the man unholy; but what comes out of the mouth, this makes the man unholy.”
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.
These relate only to food and drink and various washings—regulations for the body imposed until a time of setting things straight.