Acts 10:14

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Acts 10:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

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Genesis 19:18

But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

Exodus 10:11

No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

Matthew 16:22

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”

Matthew 25:9

‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Luke 1:60

But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

Leviticus 11:1

The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

Leviticus 11:2

“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

Leviticus 11:3

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:4

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:5

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:6

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:7

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:8

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:9

Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

Leviticus 11:10

But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

Leviticus 11:11

They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

Leviticus 11:12

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:13

Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Leviticus 11:14

the kite, any kind of falcon,

Leviticus 11:15

any kind of raven,

Leviticus 11:16

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

Leviticus 11:17

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

Leviticus 20:25

You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Deuteronomy 14:2

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:3

You must not eat any detestable thing.

Deuteronomy 14:4

These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

Deuteronomy 14:5

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

Deuteronomy 14:6

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

Deuteronomy 14:7

But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

Deuteronomy 14:8

as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.

Deuteronomy 14:9

Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

Deuteronomy 14:10

but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:11

You may eat any clean bird,

Deuteronomy 14:12

but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Deuteronomy 14:13

the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

Deuteronomy 14:14

any kind of raven,

Deuteronomy 14:15

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

Deuteronomy 14:16

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Deuteronomy 14:17

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

Deuteronomy 14:18

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

Deuteronomy 14:19

All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:20

But you may eat any clean bird.

Deuteronomy 14:21

You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 14:22

You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

Deuteronomy 14:23

And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and 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 fear the LORD your God always.

Deuteronomy 14:24

But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

Deuteronomy 14:25

then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

Deuteronomy 14:27

And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Deuteronomy 14:28

At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

Ezekiel 4:14

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.