Deuteronomy 14
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Deuteronomy 14:3-12

3“You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean.

4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

6“You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud,

7but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.

8And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.

9“Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.

10You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.

11“You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean.

12These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

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