Thematic Bible: Clean


Thematic Bible



He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil—the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you.

These are the animals you may eat:

the ox, the sheep, the goat,


“Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,



You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.


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

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.


These are the animals you may eat:

the ox, the sheep, the goat,

“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its meat may not be eaten, but the ox’s owner is innocent.


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

Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?


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


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


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


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


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


These are the animals you may eat:

the ox, the sheep, the goat,


“However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.






Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,


and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whatever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.


“You may eat every clean bird,

But you may eat every clean flying creature.


the priest will order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.

Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Don't be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.



So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”


“If his gift to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.



“If his gift to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.


Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.


Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King and my God.

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.


"I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them: At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will eat bread until you are full. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God." So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.


Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,


But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. You may eat these: the various kinds of locust, the various kinds of katydid, the various kinds of cricket, and the various kinds of grasshopper.



BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)
A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.


BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)
A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.


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