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Deuteronomy 14:4-5-19 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

4-5. You may eat the meat of cattle, sheep, and goats; wild sheep and goats; and gazelles, antelopes, and all kinds of deer.

6. It is all right to eat meat from any animals that have divided hoofs and also chew the cud.

7. But don't eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. These animals chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs. You must treat them as unclean.

8. And don't eat pork, since pigs have divided hoofs, but they do not chew their cud. Don't even touch a dead pig!

9. You can eat any fish that has fins and scales. But there are other creatures that live in the water,

10. and if they do not have fins and scales, you must not eat them. Treat them as unclean.

11. You can eat any clean bird.

12-18. But don't eat the meat of any of the following birds: eagles, vultures, falcons, kites, ravens, ostriches, owls, seagulls, hawks, pelicans, ospreys, cormorants, storks, herons, and hoopoes. You must not eat bats.

19. Swarming insects are unclean, so don't eat them.

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