Thematic Bible: Forbidden as food


Thematic Bible



However, you must not eat these from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.


the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.


the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,


"'These you are to detest from among the birds -- they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,


"Tell the Israelites, 'You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat.

Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma -- all the fat belongs to the Lord. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'"


The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you).


"'Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,


the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,


"'These you are to detest from among the birds -- they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,


"'These you are to detest from among the birds -- they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,


every raven after its species,



the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.




the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,

the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,


The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.


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