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Leviticus 11:1-47
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The LORD gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations
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for the people of Israel. You may eat any land animal
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that has divided hoofs and that also chews the cud,
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but you must not eat camels, rock badgers, or rabbits. These must be considered unclean; they chew the cud, but do not have divided hoofs.
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Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs, but do not chew the cud.
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Do not eat these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean.
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You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,
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but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales must not be eaten.
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Such creatures must be considered unclean. You must not eat them or even touch their dead bodies.
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You must not eat anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.
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You must not eat any of the following birds: eagles, owls, hawks, falcons; buzzards, vultures, crows; ostriches; seagulls, storks, herons, pelicans, cormorants; hoopoes; or bats.
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All winged insects are unclean,
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except those that hop.
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You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers.
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But all other small things that have wings and also crawl must be considered unclean.
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If you touch the dead bodies of the following animals, you will be unclean until evening: all animals with hoofs, unless their hoofs are divided and they chew the cud, and all four-footed animals with paws. If you carry their dead bodies, you must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening.
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Moles, rats, mice, and lizards must be considered unclean.
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Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
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And if their dead bodies fall on anything, it will be unclean. This applies to any article of wood, cloth, leather, or sacking, no matter what it is used for. It shall be dipped in water, but it will remain unclean until evening.
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And if their bodies fall into a clay pot, everything that is in it shall be unclean, and you must break the pot.
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Any food which could normally be eaten, but on which water from such a pot has been poured, will be unclean, and anything drinkable in such a pot is unclean.
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Anything on which the dead bodies fall is unclean; a clay stove or oven shall be broken,
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but a spring or a cistern remains clean, although anything else that touches their dead bodies is unclean.
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If one of them falls on seed that is going to be planted, the seed remains clean.
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But if the seed is soaking in water and one of them falls on it, the seed is unclean.
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If any animal that may be eaten dies, anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.
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And if any of you eat any part of the animal, you must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening; any of you who carry the dead body must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening.
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You must not eat any of the small animals that move on the ground,
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whether they crawl, or walk on four legs, or have many legs.
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Do not make yourselves unclean by eating any of these.
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I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.
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I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.
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This, then, is the law about animals and birds, about everything that lives in the water, and everything that moves on the ground.
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You must be careful to distinguish between what is ritually clean and unclean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.
Leviticus 22:8
He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:15
"But you are free to kill and eat your animals wherever you live. You may eat as many as the LORD gives you. All of you, whether ritually clean or unclean, may eat them, just as you would eat the meat of deer or antelope.
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
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"Do not eat anything that the LORD has declared unclean.
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You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats,
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deer, wild sheep, wild goats, or antelopes---
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any animals that have divided hoofs and that also chew the cud.
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But no animals may be eaten unless they have divided hoofs and also chew the cud. You may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs.
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Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs but do not chew the cud. Do not eat any of these animals or even touch their dead bodies.
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"You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,
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but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales may not be eaten; it must be considered unclean.
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"You may eat any clean bird.
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But these are the kinds of birds you are not to eat: eagles, owls, hawks, falcons; buzzards, vultures, crows; ostriches; seagulls, storks, herons, pelicans, cormorants; hoopoes; and bats.
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"All winged insects are unclean; do not eat them.
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You may eat any clean insect.
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"Do not eat any animal that dies a natural death. You may let the foreigners who live among you eat it, or you may sell it to other foreigners. But you belong to the LORD your God; you are his people. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk.
Acts 10:12-15
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In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
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A voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"
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But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled."
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The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."
1 Timothy 4:3-5
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Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.
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Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,
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because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.
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Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
Genesis 1:30
but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"---and it was done.
Psalm 104:14
You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops
Psalm 104:15
and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.
Romans 14:3
The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.
Romans 14:14
My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you.
Romans 14:17
For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
Romans 14:20
Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.
1 Corinthians 10:23
"We are allowed to do anything," so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. "We are allowed to do anything"---but not everything is helpful.
1 Corinthians 10:25
You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
1 Corinthians 10:26
For, as the scripture says, "The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord."
1 Corinthians 10:31
Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God's glory.
Colossians 2:16
So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
Colossians 2:21
"Don't handle this," "Don't taste that," "Don't touch the other"?
Colossians 2:22
All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.
1 Timothy 4:3
Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:4
Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,