Leviticus 20:25

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Leviticus 20:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible

23 You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

24 But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

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.

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

27 A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

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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 11:18

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

Leviticus 11:19

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

Leviticus 11:20

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:21

However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

Leviticus 11:22

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

Leviticus 11:23

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:24

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:25

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:26

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:27

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:28

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:29

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

Leviticus 11:30

the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:31

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:32

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

Leviticus 11:33

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

Leviticus 11:34

Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:35

Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:36

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:37

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

Leviticus 11:38

but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:39

If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:40

Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:41

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:42

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

Leviticus 11:43

Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

Leviticus 11:46

This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

Leviticus 11:47

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

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.

Acts 10:11

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Acts 10:12

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

Acts 10:13

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

Acts 10:14

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

Acts 10:15

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

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Ephesians 5:10

Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.