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Deuteronomy 14:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you. "
Deuteronomy 14:7
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5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
6 Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
8 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
9 These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
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Deuteronomy 14:1
"You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead."
Deuteronomy 14:2
"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth."
Deuteronomy 14:3
"You shall not eat any abominable thing."
Deuteronomy 14:4
"These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,"
Deuteronomy 14:5
"the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois."
Deuteronomy 14:6
"Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat."
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