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Deuteronomy 14:2-9 Good News Bible (GNB)

2. You belong to the Lord your God; he has chosen you to be his own people from among all the peoples who live on earth.

3. “Do not eat anything that the Lord has declared unclean.

4. You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats,

5. deer, wild sheep, wild goats, or antelopes —

6. any animals that have divided hoofs and that also chew the cud.

7. But no animals may be eaten unless they have divided hoofs and also chew the cud. You may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock-badgers. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs.

8. Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs but do not chew the cud. Do not eat any of these animals or even touch their dead bodies.

9. “You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,

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