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Deuteronomy 14:20

14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

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Of all clean birds you may eat.

But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

But of all clean fowls you may eat. ¶

14:21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

What does Deuteronomy 14:20 mean?

Deuteronomy 14:20 is a verse in the book of Deuteronomy, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include טָהוֹר (ṭâhôwr), עוֹף (ʻôwph), אָכַל (ʼâkal). It connects to 40 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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But
of
all
cleanטָהוֹרṭâhôwr/taw-hore'/H2889pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
fowlsעוֹףʻôwph/ofe/H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
ye
may
eat.אָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)

Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:20

HENRY_FULL · Deuteronomy 14:20
Moses had charged parents in teaching their children to whet the word of God upon them ( ch. vi. 7 ) by frequent repetition of the same things over and over again; and here he himself takes the same method of instructing the Israelites as his children, frequently inculcating the same precepts and cautions, with the same motives or arguments to enforce them, that what they heard so often might abide with them. In this chapter Moses gives them, I. General exhortations to obedience, ver. 1 , 6 . II. A review of the great things God had done for them in the wilderness, as a good argument for obedience, ver. 2-5 , 15 , 16 . III. A prospect of the good land into which God would now bring them, ver. 7-9 . IV. A necessary caution against the temptations of a prosperous condition, ver. 10-14 , and 17 , 18 . V. A fair warning of the fatal consequences of apostasy from God, ver. 19, 20 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 22:1

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. Behold: Heb. Behold me

Exodus 15:25

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Exodus 16:4

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. a certain: Heb. the portion of a day in his day

Deuteronomy 1:3

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

Deuteronomy 1:33

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 7:18

Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

Deuteronomy 13:3

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 14:16

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

Deuteronomy 29:5

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Deuteronomy 14:20.

Genesis 7:8

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Genesis 8:20

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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What does Deuteronomy 14:20 say?

Deuteronomy 14:20 (King James Version) reads: "But of all clean fowls ye may eat."

Is Deuteronomy 14:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Deuteronomy 14:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Deuteronomy.

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