Thematic Bible: Unclean
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Domestic Donkeys » Unclean
"Tell the Israelites: 'This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land. You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two) and that also chews the cud.
"'All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.
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Beasts » Unclean » Not eaten
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 rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. read more.
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. You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
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. You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
Get up now, resume your journey, heading for the Amorite hill country, to all its areas including the arid country, the highlands, the Shephelah, the Negev, and the coastal plain -- all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates. Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants."
Beasts » Unclean » Hare
The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
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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).
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Beasts » Unclean » Fox
Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
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Beasts » Unclean » Camel
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.
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Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
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Beasts » Unclean » Mouse
"As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice -- they will all be destroyed together," says the Lord.
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"'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,
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Beasts » Unclean » Mule
So Absalom's servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king's sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.
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Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
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Beasts » Unclean » Coney
The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
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The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.
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Beasts » Unclean » Mole
the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.
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At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
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Beasts » Unclean » Swine
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.
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"As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice -- they will all be destroyed together," says the Lord.
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Beasts » Unclean » Badger
ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
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I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
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Beasts » Unclean » Ass
Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.
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telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
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Beasts » Unclean » Dromedary
Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.
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Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers on horses, who rode royal horses that were very swift.
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Beasts » Unclean » Wolf
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
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Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder."
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Beasts » Unclean » Dog
"You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.
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So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'
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Beasts » Unclean » Wild ass
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
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Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place? It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver. read more.
It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.
It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.
Beasts » Unclean » Leopard
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions' dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
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Beasts » Unclean » Not offered in sacrifice
If what is vowed is an unclean animal from which an offering must not be presented to the Lord, then he must stand the animal before the priest,
Beasts » Unclean » Weasel
"'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,
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Beasts » Unclean » Ferret
the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.
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Beasts » Unclean » How distinguished
"'All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.
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Beasts » Unclean » Caused uncleanness when dead
Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;
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Beasts » Unclean » First-born of, redeemed
The firstborn of every womb which they present to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.
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Beasts » Unclean » Unicorn
God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.
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Beasts » Unclean » Bear
Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men -- they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
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Beasts » Unclean » Lion
Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him. The Lord's spirit empowered him and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
Beasts » Unclean » Ape
Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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Beasts » Unclean » Horse
"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. read more.
It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.
It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.
Beasts » Unclean » Behemoth
"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.
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Birds » Unclean » Vultures
the kite, the buzzard of any kind,
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a hidden path no bird of prey knows -- no falcon's eye has spotted it.
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Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate.
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Birds » Unclean » Not to be eaten
"'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,
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the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
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Birds » Unclean » Cormorant
the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
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Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction.
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Birds » Unclean » Stork
the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.
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Birds » Unclean » Pelican
the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,
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I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.
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Birds » Unclean » Bat
At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
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the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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Birds » Unclean » Bittern
Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction.
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"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.
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Birds » Unclean » Eagle
"'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,
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Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?
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Birds » Unclean » Raven
Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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every kind of crow,
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Birds » Unclean » Hawk
the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
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"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
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Birds » Unclean » Owl
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
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I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
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Birds » Unclean » Peacock
Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
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Birds » Unclean » Ostrich
"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
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But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
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Birds » Unclean » Glede
the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species,
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Birds » Unclean » Ossifrage
"'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,
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Birds » Unclean » Little owl
the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
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Birds » Unclean » Gier eagle
the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,
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Birds » Unclean » Great owl
the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
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Birds » Unclean » Lapwing
the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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Birds » Unclean » Osprey
"'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,
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Birds » Unclean » Cuckoo
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
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Birds » Unclean » Heron
the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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Birds » Unclean » Kite
the kite, the buzzard of any kind,
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Birds » Unclean » Swan
the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,
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Birds » Unclean » Night hawk
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
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Camels » Unclean
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.
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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).
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Character » Of the wicked » Unclean
Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
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Creeping things » Unclean
Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;
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"'Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.
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"'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 Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon. These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening. read more.
Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean -- any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean. As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it. Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean. Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean to you. However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean. Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean, but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. "'Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. You must not eat anything that crawls on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable. Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them, for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,
Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean -- any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean. As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it. Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean. Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean to you. However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean. Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean, but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. "'Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. You must not eat anything that crawls on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable. Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them, for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,
and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you -- they may not be eaten.
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Dogs » Described as » Unclean
who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.
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They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."
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Eagles » Unclean
"'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,
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These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
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Hawk » Bird » Unclean » Carnivorous
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
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the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,
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"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
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Owl » Unclean
the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,
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the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
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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.
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But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.
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He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.
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But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"
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You must not eat any forbidden thing.
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but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.
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She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do."
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Unclean » Animals, clean and unclean
You must not eat any forbidden thing. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep. read more.
You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. 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). 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. These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat, but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you. All ritually clean birds you may eat. These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species, every raven after its species, the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species, the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat, and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you -- they may not be eaten. You may eat any clean bird.
You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. 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). 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. These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat, but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you. All ritually clean birds you may eat. These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species, every raven after its species, the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species, the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat, and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you -- they may not be eaten. You may eat any clean bird.