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Deuteronomy 14:3

Deuteronomy 14:3
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou shall not eat any abominable thing. That is so either in its own nature, or because forbidden by the Lord; what are such are declared in the following verses.

Thou shall not eat any abominable…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 14:3-21

Compare Lev. 11. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker. Deu 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Moses here tells the people of Israel,

I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 14:3-20

Of Clean and Unclean Beasts, Fishes and Birds

Paralleled with elaborations in H, Lev 11:2-23 (see introductory note above p. 183; and cp. the comparative table in Driver's Deut.157 ff.; the chief…