Thematic Bible: Unclean


Thematic Bible



Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This is the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which are on the earth: any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.

even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean.


Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it is unclean to you; and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it is to you; and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it is to you; read more.
and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it is to you. Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they are to you.

turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat; see, I have set before you the land; go in and possess the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them, and to their seed after them.


and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it is to you;

Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you;


They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I am sick with love.


Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it is unclean to you;

And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel;


Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,


And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.

and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.


and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it is to you;

The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,


and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;

In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,


and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it is to you.

Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.


and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.


And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

saying to them, 'Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me;


And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,


and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'


'And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.


Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. read more.
The range of mountains is his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.


Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.


And if it is any unclean beast of which they do not bring near an offering to Jehovah, then he hath presented the beast before the priest,


And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,


and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;


even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean.


'Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty;


every one opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine; only, thou dost certainly ransom the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast thou dost ransom.


God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;


And Hushai saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they are heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father is a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;


And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion's whelp roareth at meeting him, and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he rendeth it as the rending of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he hath not declared to his father and to his mother that which he hath done.


for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.


Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck with a mane? Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible. They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. read more.
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword. Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet. Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.


Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.



A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.


And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

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


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

And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.


and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs are her house.


and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.


In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.


And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.

And have made it for a possession of a bittern, And ponds of waters, And daubed it with the mire of destruction, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!


And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?


Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.



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

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?


and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.


for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.


The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.


and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,


And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,


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


and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,


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


and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.


And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,


and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,


and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.




and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,


and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,


Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it is unclean to you;

Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you;





'Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty;

Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four -- an abomination it is to you.

And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind, and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole; these are the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening. read more.
'And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean; and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which any one of them falleth, all that is in its midst is unclean, and it ye do break. Of all the food which is eaten, that on which cometh such water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any such vessel is unclean; and anything on which any of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they are, yea, unclean they are to you. Only -- a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean; and when any of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown -- it is clean; and when water is put on the seed, and any of its carcase hath fallen on it -- unclean it is to you. 'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening; and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening. 'And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten; any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth -- ye do not eat them, for they are an abomination; ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby. For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;


and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, 'A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'


And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

and these are they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,


and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?


the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,


And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it is unclean to you;



And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it is to you.

of anything which cometh out from the wine-vine she doth not eat, and wine and strong drink she doth not drink, and any unclean thing she doth not eat; all that I have commanded her she doth observe.'


'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; this is the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats, hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois; read more.
and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts -- it ye do eat. Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you; and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not bringing up the cud, unclean it is to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come. This ye do eat of all that are in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat; and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it is to you. 'Any clean bird ye do eat; and these are they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind, and every raven after its kind; and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind; the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat; and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten; any clean fowl ye do eat.