Deuteronomy 14:4

4 This is a beast which ye shall eat (These be the beasts which ye shall eat); an ox, and a sheep, and a goat,

Deuteronomy 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:4

These are the beasts which they shall eat
That is, which they might lawfully eat of, which were allowed for their food; for they were not obliged to eat of them if they did not choose it:

the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
which were creatures used in sacrifice, and the only ones, yet nevertheless they might be used for food if chosen.

Deuteronomy 14:4 In-Context

2 for thou art an holy people to thy Lord God, and he chose thee that thou be to him into a special people, of all the folks that be upon earth. (for thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and he chose thee that thou be to him a special people, out of all the nations, or all the peoples, that be upon the earth.)

3 Eat ye not those things that be unclean.

4 This is a beast which ye shall eat (These be the beasts which ye shall eat); an ox, and a sheep, and a goat,

5 an hart, a capret, a wild ox, (a) tragelaph, that is, a beast in part like a goat buck, and in part like an hart, a pygarg, an ostrich, a camelopard. (a deer, a gazelle, a wild ox, or a buffalo, a tragelaph, that is, a beast in part like a goat buck, and in part like a deer, an antelope, an ostrich, and a giraffe.)

6 Ye shall eat each beast that parteth the claw into two parts, and cheweth the cud. (Ye may eat any beast which hath a divided hoof, or foot, and cheweth the cud.)