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Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:3

In 11 translations

BSB
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
KJV
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
WEB
Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
ASV
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
LSV
any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.
YLT
any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.
DBY
Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts — that shall ye eat.
DRC
Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
GNV
Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe, and is clouen footed, and cheweth the cudde, among the beastes, that shall ye eate.
JPS
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
LXXE
Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כֹּ֣ל ׀ מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֨סַע֙ פְּרָסֹ֔ת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
LXX-Br
Πᾶν κτῆνος διχηλοῦν ὁπλὴν καὶ ὀνυχιστῆρας ὀνυχίζον δύο χηλῶν, καὶ ἀνάγον μηρυκισμὸν ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσι, ταῦτα φάγεσθε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  • Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
  • 1 Timothy 4:15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
  • Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
  • Psalms 1:1–2Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
  • Deuteronomy 6:6–7These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when…
  • Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  • Deuteronomy 16:3–8You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life…
  • Proverbs 2:1–2My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

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