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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 14, Verse 2

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Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
King James Version
For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.
American Standard Version
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
New English Translation
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
World English Bible
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
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These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
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The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
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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.
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.
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And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
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These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
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And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.
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[Of] all clean birds ye shall eat.
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But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,