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Leviticus 20:25
“‘ You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground— those that I have set apart as unclean for you. (niv)
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Ezekiel 4:14
Then I said,“ Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.” (niv)
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Matthew 16:22
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.“ Never, Lord!” he said.“ This shall never happen to you!” (niv)
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Exodus 10:11
No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 14:1-29
You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.Do not eat any detestable thing.These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you.The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.You may eat any clean bird.But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon,any kind of raven,the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe( because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away),then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,so that the Levites( who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. (niv)
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Luke 1:60
but his mother spoke up and said,“ No! He is to be called John.” (niv)
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Daniel 1:8
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. (niv)
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Acts 9:5
“ Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.“ I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. (niv)
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Acts 10:28
He said to them:“ You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. (niv)
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Matthew 25:9
“‘ No,’ they replied,‘ there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ (niv)
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Leviticus 11:1-25
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ Say to the Israelites:‘ Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.“‘ There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.“‘ Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales— whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water— you are to regard as unclean.And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean.Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.“‘ These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,the red kite, any kind of black kite,any kind of raven,the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.“‘ All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you.There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.“‘ You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. (niv)
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Ezekiel 44:31
The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals. (niv)
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Genesis 19:18
But Lot said to them,“ No, my lords, please! (niv)