Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 14:6 in context
Deuteronomy 14:3–9
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You shall not eat any abominable thing.
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These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
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the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
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Selected verse
Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
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Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
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The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
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These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
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