Deuteronomy 14:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it {is} unclean unto you.”

Deuteronomy 14:10

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And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it {is} unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

These ye shall eat of all that {are} in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it {is} unclean unto you.

{Of} all clean birds ye shall eat.

But these {are they} of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

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Deuteronomy 14:1

"Ye {are} the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead."

Deuteronomy 14:2

"For thou {art} an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that {are} upon the earth."

Deuteronomy 14:3

"Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing."

Deuteronomy 14:4

"These {are} the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,"

Deuteronomy 14:5

"The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. {pygarg: or bison: Heb. dishon}"

Deuteronomy 14:6

"And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, {and} cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat."

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