Leviticus 11:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.”

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BSBPD

“You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 11:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:3You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
  3. Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
  4. Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
  5. Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
  6. Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
  7. Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  8. 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  9. 1 Timothy 4:15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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