Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.
Parallel translations
- KJV And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
- BSB You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
- NKJV And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals.
- NASB And any animal that has a divided hoof and has its hoofs split in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, that animal you may eat.
- NLT “You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud,
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Cross-references · 3
- 2 Cor 6:17Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Ps 1:1–2Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Prov 18:1An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
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