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Deuteronomy 14:9
Deuteronomy 14:9 is verse 9 of Deuteronomy chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
King James Version
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
World English Bible
These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
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Deuteronomy 14:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
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.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
11 You may eat any clean bird,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 11:9Of 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 11:10But 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 11:11They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:12Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.