Deuteronomy 14:1-7

1 You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

2 You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

3 Do not eat anything the Lord hates.

4 These are the animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats,

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

6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and chews the cud,

7 but you may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. These animals chew the cud, but they do not have split hoofs, so they are unclean for you.

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.