Deuteronomy 14:8-18

8 sus quoque quoniam dividit ungulam et non ruminat inmunda erit carnibus eorum non vescemini et cadavera non tangetis

9 haec comedetis ex omnibus quae morantur in aquis quae habent pinnulas et squamas comedite

10 quae absque pinnulis et squamis sunt ne comedatis quia inmunda sunt

11 omnes aves mundas comedite

12 inmundas ne comedatis aquilam scilicet et grypem et alietum

13 ixon et vulturem ac milvum iuxta genus suum

14 et omne corvini generis

15 strutionem ac noctuam et larum atque accipitrem iuxta genus suum

16 herodium et cycnum et ibin

17 ac mergulum porphirionem et nycticoracem

18 onocrotalum et charadrium singula in genere suo upupam quoque et vespertilionem

Deuteronomy 14:8-18 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.