Nevertheless these you shall (A)not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is [a]unclean to you;

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  1. Leviticus 11:4 impure

“‘There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them.(A) The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.

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25 (A)You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, (B)and you shall not make yourselves [a]abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as [b]unclean.

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  1. Leviticus 20:25 detestable or loathsome
  2. Leviticus 20:25 defiled

25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds.(A) Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.

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Clean and Unclean Meat(A)

(B)“You shall not eat any [a]detestable thing.

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  1. Deuteronomy 14:3 abominable

Do not eat any detestable thing.(A)

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Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you.

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However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you.

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14 So I said, (A)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (B)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (C)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”

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  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18

14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(A) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(B) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(C)

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