Thematic Bible: Unclean


Thematic Bible



Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatsoever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that shall you eat.

The carcasses of every animal which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.


Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. And the hare, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. read more.
And the swine, though it divides the hoof, and is cloven footed, yet it chews not the cud; it is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.

Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their descendants after them.


And the hare, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.


They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples: for I am sick with love.


Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.

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


They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the LORD.

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,


And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up upon his mule, and fled.

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a set rate year by year.


And the rock badger, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the badgers.


And the gecko, and the monitor lizard, and the wall lizard, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;


And the swine, though it divides the hoof, and is cloven footed, yet it chews not the cud; it is unclean to you.

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the LORD.


And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia wood,

I clothed you also with embroidered work, and gave you sandals of badgers' skin, and I clothed you with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.


And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Saying unto them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.


Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

And he wrote in king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, and riding on royal horses bred from swift horses:


But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.

Benjamin is ravenous as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.


And you shall be holy men unto me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward.


Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the shouts of the driver. read more.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.


Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.


And if it be any unclean animal, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the animal before the priest:


These also shall be unclean unto 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 monitor lizard, and the wall lizard, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon.


The carcasses of every animal which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.


Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean animal, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.


Every thing that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or animals, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean animals shall you redeem.


God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of a wild ox.


For, said Hushai, you know your 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 your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.


Then went Samson 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 the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not 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 in three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.


Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? the majesty of his snorting is terrible. 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 frightened; neither turns he back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the javelin. He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither does he halt at the sound of the trumpet. He says among the trumpets, Aha; and he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.


Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.



There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the falcon's eye has not seen:

There shall the owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the kites also be gathered, everyone with her mate.


And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,


And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.


And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.


And the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,

I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.


In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.


But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

I will also make it a possession for the owls, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.


And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?


Who provides for the raven its food? when its young ones cry unto God, they wander about for lack of food.



And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?


And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind,

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.


For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Gave you the proud wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?


Gave you the proud wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

When she lifts up herself high, she scorns the horse and his rider.


And the buzzard, and the falcon, and the kite after their kinds,


And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,


And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,


And the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,


And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,


And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.


And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,


And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind,


And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.




And the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,


And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind,


Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.





Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean animal, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

All winged insects that creep, going upon all fours, shall be an abomination unto you.

These also shall be unclean unto 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 monitor lizard, and the wall lizard, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon. These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever does touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. read more.
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed. And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it. Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. And everything whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. And if any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the evening. And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes upon all fours, or whatsoever has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. For I am the LORD your God: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

And every winged insect is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.


And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog has turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.


And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,


And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind,

And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds,

Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?


The little owl, and the great owl, and the water hen,

And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, 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 you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.



But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

And whatsoever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

She may not eat of any thing 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.


You shall not eat any abominable thing. These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hare, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep. read more.
And every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you shall eat. Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean unto you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat: And whatsoever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean unto you. Of all clean birds you shall eat. But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, And the buzzard, and the falcon, and the kite after their kinds, And every raven after its kind, And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds, The little owl, and the great owl, and the water hen, And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. And every winged insect is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. But of all clean fowls you may eat.