Thematic Bible: Unclean


Thematic Bible



Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodTouching Unclean ThingsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals Eat

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. And the coney, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. And the hare, because she chews the cud but does not part the hoof, she is unclean to you. read more.
And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you. Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch, they are unclean to you.

Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near thereto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanit Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.

And the hare, because she chews the cud but does not part the hoof, she is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

Nevertheless of those that chew the cud, or of those that have the hoof cloven, these ye shall not eat: the camel, and the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you, Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsRock BadgerUnclean Animals

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.

Sustain ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick from love. Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. Verse ConceptsDismountingSeeing People

Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says LORD. Verse ConceptsAbominationsGarden, NaturalAbominations, Ceremonial MattersMiceSwineAbstaining From MeatsDesecrationPeople EndedForbidden FoodEating Meatpork

And these are those which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up upon his mule, and fled. Verse ConceptsMulesBackAnimals, Types OfRiding Mules

And every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. Verse ConceptsMulesGiftsHerbs And SpicesRobesUnceasingAlways Being ActivePeople Giving ClothesAcquiring Horses

And the coney, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatRock BadgerUnclean Animals

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies. Verse ConceptsBadgersWild GoatRock Badger

and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats, Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAnimals, Types OfBatsMolesAbandoning Idols

And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsSwineAbstaining From MeatsPigsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animalspork

Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says LORD. Verse ConceptsAbominationsGarden, NaturalAbominations, Ceremonial MattersMiceSwineAbstaining From MeatsDesecrationPeople EndedForbidden FoodEating Meatpork

and rams' skins dyed red, and sea-skins, and acacia wood, Verse ConceptsRamsAnimals, Types OfDyeingAnimal SkinsRed Material

I also clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badger skin. And I girded thee around with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. Verse ConceptsBarefeetCoveringBadgersClothembroideryLinenSandalsShoesAnimal SkinsGod Clothing PeopleThe Brides Wedding Dressroyalty

And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men

saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway ye will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it. Having loosed them, bring to me. Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service bred of the stud, Verse ConceptsMulesSealing The MessageRiding Horses

But the hired man, and not being the shepherd, whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

Benjamin is a wolf that ravens. In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil. Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

And ye shall be holy men to me. Therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. Ye shall cast it to the dogs. Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofdogsPeople Of God, In OtAnimals, Types OfAnimals Torn To PiecesA Holy NationForbidden FoodPets

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage. Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder? Verse ConceptsGrassWild DonkeysNeighing And BrayingWisdomlegacy

Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place? He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver. read more.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.


And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation to LORD, then he shall set the beast before the priest,

And these are those which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodTouching Unclean ThingsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals Eat

Or if a soul touches any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guil Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to LORD, both of man and beast shall be thine. Nevertheless the first-born of man thou shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts thou shall redeem. Verse ConceptsFirstbornAnimals, religious role ofWomb

God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. Verse ConceptsHorns VictoriousWild OxGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicornsGuidance And Strength

Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeBearsBereavementFierce MenReady For War

Then Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySilverCommerceThree YearsShips For TradingEvery Three YearsTrade With MetalsPetssailing

Have thou given the horse [his] might? Have thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? Have thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. read more.
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed. Neither does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, nor does he believe that it is the voice of the trumpet. As often as the trumpet [sounds] he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.



No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it. Verse ConceptsVulturesFalconsUnknown ThingsBirds

There the dart-snake shall make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade. Yea, there the vultures shall be gathered, each one with her mate. Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it. And the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsAccording To Its KindBatsHeronsKinds Of Living Thingspoop

where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. Verse ConceptsNestsBirds, Types Of BirdsBirds

and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, Verse ConceptsWhiteVulturesOwlsPelicans

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats, Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAnimals, Types OfBatsMolesAbandoning Idols

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsAccording To Its KindBatsHeronsKinds Of Living Thingspoop

But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it. And the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. And I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says LORD of hosts. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounts up, and makes her nest on high? Verse ConceptsNestsCommands, in OTBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglessoaring

Who provides for the raven his prey when his young ones cry to God, [and] wander for lack of food? Verse ConceptsRavensGod, The ProviderBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsGod's ProvisionAnimals, God's Care OfGod Feeds All The Earthwandering


and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south? Verse ConceptsSouthBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksFacing SouthFalconsflyingsoaring

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind, Verse ConceptsHornsBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksOwlsAccording To Its KindFalconsOstrichesSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySilverCommerceThree YearsShips For TradingEvery Three YearsTrade With MetalsPetssailing

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love? Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love? Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches

The time she lifts up herself on high she scorns the horse and his rider. Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed

and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite according to its kind, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesFalconsKinds Of Living Things

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, Verse ConceptsWhiteVulturesOwlsPelicans

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsAccording To Its KindBatsHeronsKinds Of Living Thingspoop

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind, Verse ConceptsHornsBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksOwlsAccording To Its KindFalconsOstrichesSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsAccording To Its KindBatsHeronsKinds Of Living Thingspoop


and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, Verse ConceptsWhiteVulturesOwlsPelicans

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind, Verse ConceptsHornsBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksOwlsAccording To Its KindFalconsOstrichesSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

Nevertheless of those that chew the cud, or of those that have the hoof cloven, these ye shall not eat: the camel, and the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you, Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsRock BadgerUnclean Animals



Or if a soul touches any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guil Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination to you. Verse ConceptsAbominationsClean And UncleanGod Hating Thingsbugs

And these are those which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. These are those which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. read more.
And upon whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean, whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack. Whatever vessel it be, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shal And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and ye shall break it. All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean. And everything upon which [any part] of their carcass falls shall be unclean, whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. Nevertheless a fountain or a pit in which is a gathering of water shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. And if [any] of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. But if water is put upon the seed, and [any] of their carcass falls in it, it is unclean to you. And if any beast, of which ye may eat, dies, he who touches the carcass of it shall be unclean until the evening. And he who eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatever goes upon the belly, and whatever goes upon all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat, for they are an abomination. Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled by it. For I am LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, since I am holy. Neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon the earth.

And all winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten. Verse ConceptsInsectsClean And Uncleanbugs

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus

But that of the TRUE proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire. Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

but these are those of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, Verse ConceptsEaglesVultures

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind, Verse ConceptsHornsBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksOwlsAccording To Its KindFalconsOstrichesSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk according to its kind, Verse ConceptsHornsHawksFalconsOstrichesOwlsSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south? Verse ConceptsSouthBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksFacing SouthFalconsflyingsoaring

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, Verse ConceptsOwls

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

But flesh with the life of it, [which is] the blood of it, ye shall not eat. Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodLifebloodForbidden FoodAnimals Having A SoulBloodThe RainbowEating MeatRainbow



Thou shall not eat any abominable thing. Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfDisgustEating Forbidden Food

And whatever does not have fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean AnimalsFish

She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe. Verse ConceptsStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beverages

Thou shall not eat any abominable thing. These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois. read more.
And every beast that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. Nevertheless of those that chew the cud, or of those that have the hoof cloven, these ye shall not eat: the camel, and the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you, and the swine, because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you. Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch. These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales ye may eat. And whatever does not have fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean to you. Of all clean birds ye may eat, but these are those of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite according to its kind, and every raven after its kind, and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk according to its kind, the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant, and the stork, and the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. And all winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten. Of all clean birds ye may eat.