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Deuteronomy 14:8

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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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Deuteronomy 14:8 in other translations

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

Deuteronomy 14:8 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 14:8 in context

  1. 6Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
  2. 7Nevertheless 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.
  3. 8The 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.
  4. 9These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
  5. 10You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.