Deuteronomy 14:6

Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

In Context

5The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

7But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:1He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:2-22

What Might Be Eaten, and What Not. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and… Read the whole commentary →

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