Deuteronomy 14:3

3 You shall not eat any detestable thing.

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 Yahweh your God; [therefore] you must not gash yourself, and {you must not make your forehead bald} for [the] dead.
2 For you [are] a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
3 You shall not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the animals you may eat: ox, {sheep, goats},
5 deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep.
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