Deuteronomy 14:1-7

1 filii estote Domini Dei vestri non vos incidetis nec facietis calvitium super mortuo

2 quoniam populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo et te elegit ut sis ei in populum peculiarem de cunctis gentibus quae sunt super terram

3 ne comedatis quae inmunda sunt

4 hoc est animal quod comedere debetis bovem et ovem et capram

5 cervum capream bubalum tragelaphum pygargon orygem camelopardalum

6 omne animal quod in duas partes ungulam findit et ruminat comedetis

7 de his autem quae ruminant et ungulam non findunt haec comedere non debetis camelum leporem choerogyllium quia ruminant et non dividunt ungulam inmunda erunt vobis

Deuteronomy 14:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14

In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1,2 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3-21, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their own gates, De 14:22-29.