Deuteronomy 14:4
2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
3 You must not eat any detestable thing.
These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
- KJV
- These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
- WEB
- These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
- ASV
- These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
- DARBY
- These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
- BLB
- This [is] the animal that you⁺ may eat: The ox, a lamb of the flock, and the goat,
- ÅB
- Dette er de firføtte dyr som dere kan spise: oksen, sauen og geiten,
- OTB
- Dette er dyrene som er tillatt for deg å spise: oksen, sauen, geiten,
- B1930
- Dette er de firføtte dyr som I kan ete: oksen, fåret og gjeten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 4:23
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:2–45
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
Read in contextActs 10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
Read in context