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Deuteronomy 14:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: "
Deuteronomy 14:9
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean
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
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
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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."
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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