Deuteronomy 14:4
in Deuteronomy 14These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
KJV
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThese are the beasts which they shall eat,.... That is, which they might lawfully eat of, which were allowed for their food; for they were not obliged to eat of them if they did not choose it: the ox, the sheep, and the goat; which were creatures used in sacrifice, and the only ones, yet nevertheless they might be used for food if chosen.
This site's exposition
These are the beasts which ye shall eat
on Deuteronomy 14:4-8
Leviticus 11:2-8 gave the two tests and named only the camel, the coney, the hare and the swine among the animals that fail them. Deuteronomy names ten clean beasts outright and seven of them are wild game, which fits the permission at 12:15 to kill and eat the hart and the roebuck at home. Verse 6 states the hoof test in a fuller form, cleaveth the cleft into two claws, where Leviticus 11:3 says clovenfooted and stops. The camel, the hare and the coney are all said to chew the cud, and readers have differed over the words, some holding that they report what a herdsman watching the animal sees rather than describing its stomach.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
And therefore, according to the Law, clean animals have horns: for the Law is spiritual. For those who are able to repel the allurements of this world with the word of God and the observance of virtue, they seem to be fortified with horns like the helmets of their own heads. And rightly, the power of an astonishing speech is said to be like a horn, which ignites the good soldiers of Christ to battle so that we may snatch the spoils from the enemy, the devil.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
These are the beasts which ye shall eat - On Leviticus 11. I have entered into considerable detail relative to the clean and unclean animals there mentioned. For the general subject, the reader is referred to the notes on that chapter; but as there are particulars mentioned here which Moses does not introduce in Leviticus, it will be necessary to consider them in this place. The ox - שור shor: Bos, fifth order Pecora, of the genus Mammalia, species
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֥את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה | habehemah | [is] the animal | H929 → | 190 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ | tokhelu | you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| שׁ֕וֹר | shor | an ox | H7794 → | 79 times |
| שֵׂ֥ה | seh | an animal of | H7716 → | 47 times |
| כְשָׂבִ֖ים | khesavim | sheep<s> | H3775 → | |
| וְשֵׂ֥ה | veseh | and an animal of | H7716 → | 47 times |
| עִזִּֽים׃ | ʾizim | goats | H5795 → |
זֹ֥אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה[is] the animal
habehemahH929 →190 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תֹּאכֵ֑לוּyou will eat
tokheluH398 →810 times
שׁ֕וֹרan ox
shorH7794 →79 times
שֵׂ֥הan animal of
sehH7716 →47 times
כְשָׂבִ֖יםsheep<s>
khesavimH3775 →
וְשֵׂ֥הand an animal of
vesehH7716 →47 times
עִזִּֽים׃goats
ʾizimH5795 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 20:25
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…
- Ezekiel 4:14
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my…
- Deuteronomy 14:1–29
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- Leviticus 11:1–25
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
- Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
- Leviticus 20:25
Through
1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 5:17–18
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
- Nehemiah 5:17–18
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On the Blessings of the Patriarchs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.