KJV King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
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Leviticus 11:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
WEB World English Bible
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This is the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which are on the earth:
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
דַּבְּר֛וּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayזֹ֤אתH2063 · zotthisהַֽחַיָּה֙H2416 · chayaliveאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichתֹּאכְל֔וּH398 · a.khalto eatמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַבְּהֵמָ֖הH929 · be.he.mahanimalאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Hebrews 9:10[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.Leviticus 11:11They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.Matthew 15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.1 Timothy 4:4-6For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:Deuteronomy 14:3-21Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.Mark 7:15-19There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.Leviticus 11:13And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,Leviticus 11:34Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.Acts 10:12-14Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.Leviticus 11:39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.Leviticus 11:21Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;Leviticus 11:4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.Leviticus 11:41-44And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.Leviticus 11:9These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.Hebrews 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.Leviticus 11:29These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
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