Deuteronomy 14:9

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You may eat anything in the waters that has fins and scales.

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  • Lev 11:9-9 : 9 Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that have fins and scales, whether in the seas or the rivers. 10 But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, all the swarming creatures in the water, and all the living creatures in it, you are to regard as detestable. 11 You must regard them as detestable; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. 12 Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

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  • Lev 11:7-12
    6 verses
    96%

    7And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, completely split, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

    8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

    9Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that have fins and scales, whether in the seas or the rivers.

    10But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, all the swarming creatures in the water, and all the living creatures in it, you are to regard as detestable.

    11You must regard them as detestable; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

    12Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

  • Deut 14:10-12
    3 verses
    91%

    10But anything in the waters that does not have fins and scales, you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

    11You may eat any clean bird.

    12But of these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture;

  • Deut 14:19-21
    3 verses
    79%

    19Every swarming winged creature is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

    20You may eat any clean flying creature.

    21You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Deut 14:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6You may eat any animal that has divided hooves completely split and chews the cud.

    7But of those that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves; they are unclean for you.

    8And the pig, though it has divided hooves, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

  • Lev 11:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are the living creatures that you may eat among all the animals on the earth:

    3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, one completely split, and that chews the cud.

    4But among those that chew the cud or have a divided hoof, you must not eat the camel. Though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

  • Lev 11:34
    74%

    34Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean, and any drink that could be drunk from such a pot will be unclean.

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

    4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

  • Gen 9:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2The fear and dread of you will be upon every animal of the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.

    3Every living creature that moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the plants, I now give you everything.

    4But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • Lev 11:39-43
    5 verses
    73%

    39If any animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

    40Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

    41Every swarming creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

    42You must not eat any creature that moves on its belly, or walks on four legs, or has many feet. All these swarming creatures that move along the ground are detestable.

    43Do not make yourselves detestable by eating any swarming creature that moves along the ground. Do not defile yourselves with them, for you will become unclean through them.

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    72%

    46These are the laws regarding animals, birds, every living creature that moves in the water, and every creature that moves along the ground.

    47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.

  • Deut 4:18
    71%

    18Or any creature that moves along the ground, or any fish in the waters below the earth.

  • Deut 12:15
    71%

    15However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that He has given you. Both the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they would gazelle or deer.

  • Lev 11:20-23
    4 verses
    71%

    20All winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

    21However, you may eat the following kinds of winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

    22Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

    23But all other winged insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

  • Deut 12:22
    70%

    22Just as the gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat this; both the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.

  • Ps 8:8
    70%

    8sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the beasts of the field,

  • Lev 11:26
    69%

    26Every animal that has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud is unclean to you; whoever touches them will become unclean.

  • Lev 22:8
    69%

    8He must not eat anything that has died naturally or been torn by wild animals, making himself unclean by it. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 7:24
    69%

    24The fat of an animal found dead and the fat of an animal torn by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose but must not be eaten.

  • Ezek 47:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Every living creature that swarms wherever the river goes will live. There will be many fish because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows, everything will live.

    10Fishermen will stand along its shores; from En Gedi to En Eglaim, there will be places to spread nets. The fish will be of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very numerous.

  • Lev 7:19
    68%

    19Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned with fire. Only those who are clean may eat the meat.

  • Gen 6:21
    68%

    21Take with you every kind of food that is eaten and store it; it will serve as food for you and for them.

  • Hab 1:15
    68%

    15The wicked pull them all up with a hook, drag them out with their net, and gather them in their dragnet; so they rejoice and are glad.

  • Ezek 29:4
    68%

    4I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will pull you up from among your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

  • Ps 104:25
    68%

    25There is the vast and spacious sea, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small.

  • Gen 7:8
    68%

    8From the clean animals, from the animals that are not clean, from the birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground,