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Only these you may not eat from those chewing the cud[a] and from those having a division of the hoof:[b] the camel and the hare and the coney, because they chew the cud,[c] but they do not divide the hoof; they are therefore unclean for you. And also the pig because it has a division of the hoof[d] but does not chew the cud;[e] it is unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.[f]

“This is what you shall eat from all that is in the water: everything[g] that has fins and scales[h] you may eat.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:7 Literally “bringing up the cud”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:7 Literally “those having a division of the hoof divided”
  3. Deuteronomy 14:7 Literally “they bringing up of the cud”
  4. Deuteronomy 14:8 Literally “because a division of the hoof”
  5. Deuteronomy 14:8 Literally “but not a chewing cud”
  6. Deuteronomy 14:8 Literally “dead body”
  7. Deuteronomy 14:9 Literally “all of that”
  8. Deuteronomy 14:9 Literally “for it is fins and scales,” showing possession of these features