Genesis 7:2 References
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"You shall take with you of every aclean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;
a Leviticus 11:1-31, Deuteronomy 14:3-20
Leviticus 11
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The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'aThese are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.
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'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
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'Nevertheless, ayou are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.
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'Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
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the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
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and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.
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'You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
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'aThese you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
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'aBut whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,
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and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.
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'Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.
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'These, moreover, ayou shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,
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and the kite and the falcon in its kind,
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every raven in its kind,
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and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,
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and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,
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and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture,
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and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
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'All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
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'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth.
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'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
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'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
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'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
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and awhoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
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'Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.
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'Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
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and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.
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'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,
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and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
Deuteronomy 14
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the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.
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"Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
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"Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel and the rabbit and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.
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"The pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.
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"These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat,
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but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
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"You may eat any clean bird.
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and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds,
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and every raven in its kind,
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and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,
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the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
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the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,
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the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.
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"And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
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"You may eat any clean bird.