Deuteronomy 14:1-10

1 Ye are the childern of the Lorde youre God, cut not youre selues nor make you any baldnes betwene the eyes for any mas deeth.
2 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, ad the Lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto him selfe, of all the nacyons that are vppon the erth.
3 Ye shall eate no maner of abhominacyon.
4 These are the beestes which ye shall eate of: oxen, shepe and gootes,
5 hert, roo and bugle, hertgoote, vnicorne, origen and Camelion.
6 And all beestes that cleaue the hoffe and slytte it in to two clawes and chewe the cud, them ye shal eate.
7 Neuerthelesse, these ye shall not eate of them that chew cud ad of the that deuyde and cleaue the hoffe: the camell, the hare ad the conye. For they chew cud, but deuyde not the hoffe: ad therfore are vncleane vnto you:
8 ad also the swyne, for though he deuyde the hoffe, yet he cheweth not cud, ad therfor is vncleane vnto you: Ye shall not eate of the flesh of the nor twich the deed carkasses of them.
9 These ye shall eate off all that are in the waters: All that haue fynnes and scales.
10 And what soeuer hath not finnes and scales, of that ye may not eate, for that is vncleane vnto you.

Deuteronomy 14:1-10 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.

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