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Leviticus Chapter 11

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LEVITICUS

Leviticus 11

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.
Leviticus 11:11, Hebrews 9:10, Matthew 15:11, Leviticus 11:11, Hebrews 9:10
3Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 1:2, Deuteronomy 6:6
4But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others: that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.
5The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
Proverbs 30:26, Psalms 104:18, Proverbs 30:26, Psalms 104:18, Matthew 7:26
6The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.
Deuteronomy 14:7, Deuteronomy 14:7
7And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
Isaiah 66:3, Isaiah 65:4, Isaiah 66:17, Deuteronomy 14:8, Isaiah 66:3
8The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.
Isaiah 52:11, Leviticus 5:2, Colossians 2:16, Hosea 9:3, Hebrews 9:10
9These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you shall eat.
Acts 20:21, Deuteronomy 14:9, Deuteronomy 14:10, Galatians 5:6, James 2:18
10But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination to you,
Proverbs 29:27, Leviticus 7:18, Proverbs 29:27, Leviticus 7:18, Deuteronomy 14:3
11And detestable. Their flesh you shall not eat: and their carcasses you shall avoid.
12All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.
13Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.
Titus 3:3, Romans 3:13, Romans 3:17, Job 39:27, Job 39:30
14And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind.
15And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.
Luke 12:24, Luke 12:24, Genesis 8:7, 1 Kings 17:4, Proverbs 30:17
16The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.
Isaiah 34:11, Isaiah 34:15, Deuteronomy 14:15, Deuteronomy 14:18, John 3:19
17The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis.
18And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion.
19The heron, and the charadroin according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.
20Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.
Jude 1:19, 2 Timothy 4:10, Leviticus 11:23, Philippians 3:18, Philippians 3:19
21But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,
22That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
Mark 1:6, Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Matthew 3:4, Exodus 10:4
23But of flying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you.
24And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled: and shall be unclean until the evening:
Isaiah 22:14, 1 John 1:7, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Colossians 2:16, Colossians 2:17
25And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead: he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.
Numbers 31:24, Leviticus 11:40, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 14:8, Numbers 31:24
26Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.
27That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening.
Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:23, Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:23
28And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25
29These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth. The weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:
Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:42, Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:42, Psalms 17:13
30The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the lizard, and the mole.
31All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25
32And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths: or any thing in which work is done. They shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:12, Leviticus 15:12, Titus 3:5, Titus 3:5, Titus 2:14
33But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall, shall be defiled: and therefore is to be broken.
Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 15:12, Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 15:12, Jeremiah 48:38
34Any meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be unclean.
Titus 1:15, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 21:4, Proverbs 28:8
35And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.
2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Leviticus 11:33, Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 15:12
36But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.
John 4:14, Zechariah 13:1, John 4:14, Zechariah 13:1
37If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.
1 Corinthians 15:37, 1 John 3:9, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:37
38But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.
39If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:7, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:11, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 11:24
40And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 22:8, Ezekiel 44:31, Leviticus 22:8, Ezekiel 44:31, Deuteronomy 14:21
41All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.
Leviticus 11:29, Leviticus 11:29, Leviticus 11:23, Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:23
42Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.
Isaiah 65:25, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Titus 1:12, John 8:44, Matthew 23:23
43Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,
Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:42, Leviticus 11:41
44For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.
Exodus 20:2, Exodus 20:2, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16, Leviticus 19:2
45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.
Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:44, Exodus 20:2, Exodus 20:2, Exodus 6:7
46You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:
Leviticus 7:37, Leviticus 14:54, Ezekiel 43:12, Leviticus 15:32, Leviticus 7:37
47That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.
Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 10:10, Ezekiel 44:23, Ezekiel 44:23, Romans 14:13

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