Deuteronomy 14:3

3 Don't eat anything abominable.

Deuteronomy 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:3

Thou shall not eat any abominable thing.
] That is so either in its own nature, or because forbidden by the Lord; what are such are declared in the following verses.

Deuteronomy 14:3 In-Context

1 You are children of God, your God, so don't mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead.
2 You only are a people holy to God, your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.
3 Don't eat anything abominable.
4 These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,
5 deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep -
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