Deuteronomy 14:4

Deuteronomy 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
• New International Version (NIV)These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

Context of Deuteronomy 14:4

2for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a people for His own possession. 3“You shall not eat anything that is detestable [to the Lord and forbidden by Him]. These are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. 6Among the animals, you may eat any animal that has the divided hoof [that is, a hoof] split into two parts [especially at its distal extremity] and that chews the cud.

Deuteronomy 14:4 word by word

זֹ֥את הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ שׁ֕וֹר שֵׂ֥ה כְשָׂבִ֖ים וְשֵׂ֥ה עִזִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• which ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• the sheepכֶּ֫שֶׂבkeώeb · sheepH3775
• the sheepשֶׂהώeh ώêy · sheepH7716
• and the goatעֵז‛êz · goatH5795

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:4

• Leviticus 11:2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Among all the animals which are on the earth, these are the animals which you may eat.
• 1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep not counting fallow deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4These are the beasts which ye shall eat - On Leviticus 11. I have entered into considerable detail relative to the clean and unclean animals there mentioned. For the general subject, the reader is referred to the notes on that chapter; but as there are particulars mentioned here which Moses does not introduce in Leviticus, it will be necessary to consider them in this place. The ox - שור shor : Bos, fifth order Pecora, of the genus Mammalia, species 41…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-21Verses 3-21 Compare Deuteronomy 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope. Deuteronomy 14:21 The prohibition is repeated from Leviticus 22:8. The directions as to the disposal of the carcass are unique to Deuteronomy, and their motive is clear. To have forbidden the people either themselves to eat that which had died, or to allow any others to do so, would have involved loss of property, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21See “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-85. The hart--(see on De 12:15). fallow deer--The Hebrew word (Jachmur) so rendered, does not represent the fallow deer, which is unknown in Western Asia, but an antelope (Oryx leucoryx), called by the Arabs, jazmar. It is of a white color, black at the extremities, and a bright red on the thighs. It was used at Solomon's table. wild goat--The word akko is different from that commonly used for a wild goat (1Sa 24:2; Psa 104:18; Pr 5:19), and it is supposed…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:4

• Animals
• Cud
• Goat
• Hoof
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Cattle
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Food
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deer

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings