Deuteronomy 14:2
on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
3Ete ye not tho thingis that ben vncleene.
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Therfor if ye schulen here my vois, and schulen kepe my couenaunt, ye schulen be to me in to a specialte + 19:5 In Ebru it is, ye shulen be a frendshipe, that is, a thing louyd excellently. of alle puplis; for al the lond is myn;
Leviticus 19:2Speke thou to al the cumpenye of the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.
Leviticus 20:26Ye schulen be hooli to me, for `Y am the hooli Lord, and Y departide you fro othere puplis, that ye schulen be myne.
Deuteronomy 7:7Not for ye ouercamen in noumbre alle folkis, the Lord is ioyned to you, and chees yow, sithen ye ben fewere than alle puplis;
Deuteronomy 26:18Lo! the Lord chees thee to day, that thou be a special puple + 26:18 a special puple; that is, loued singulerly. to hym, as he spak to thee, and that thou kepe alle hise comaundementis;
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 →