Deuteronomy 14:4
2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
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, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:2–45
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Read in contextActs 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Read in context