Key Verse Spotlight
Deuteronomy 14:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“These {are} the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,”
Deuteronomy 14:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
These {are} the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
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}
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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