Deuteronomy 14:3

3 Do not eat any detestable thing.

Deuteronomy 14:3 in Other Translations

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

3 “You shall not eat any abomination.

3 “You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean.

3 Don't eat anything abominable.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

3 Never eat anything that is disgusting to the LORD.

3 "You must not eat any detestable thing.

3 Don't eat anything the LORD hates.

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 the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

3 Do not eat any detestable thing.

4 These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 4:14