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Deuteronomy 14:6
“Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 14
These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois.
Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.
Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but don't part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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