Devarim 14:3

3 Thou shalt not eat any to’evah (detestable thing).

Devarim 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.

Devarim 14:3 In-Context

1 4 Ye are the bnei Hashem Eloheichem; ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2 For thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, and Hashem hath chosen thee to be an Am Segullah (treasured people) unto Himself, above kol haamim that are upon ha’adamah.

3 Thou shalt not eat any to’evah (detestable thing).

4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the shor, the seh, and the izzim,

5 The deer, and the gazelle, and the yachmur, and the akko, and the antelope, and the wild ox, and the wild goat.