Deuteronomy 14:8

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Original

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Notes

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Related verses

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• Leviticus 11:26–27
  Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
• Isaiah 66:17
  “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
• Luke 15:15–16
  So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
• Isaiah 66:3
  Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
• Isaiah 65:4
  …sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
• 2 Peter 2:22
  Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

Parallels

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Leviticus 11:1–47· Acts 10:9–16

Glossary

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Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations Concerning· Covenant· Deuteronomy, Book of· Dietary Laws· Pig

Topics

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Animals: Clean and Unclean· Cud: Chewing of, Was One of the Facts by Which Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals Were Distinguished· Hoof: Parting of, One of the Physical Marks Used for Distinguishing Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals· Pork· Sanitation: Food· Swine: Forbidden As Food