Deuteronomy 14:3

Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 14

“Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.”Deuteronomy 14:3

What Does Deuteronomy 14:3 Mean?

Deuteronomy 14:3 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 14, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (17)

These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 14:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 66:17“They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 4:14“Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.”Leviticus 20:25“Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.”Genesis 9:3“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”Leviticus 11:43“Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.”Romans 14:14“I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.”Hebrews 13:9“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”Leviticus 7:21“Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.”Leviticus 11:2“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.”Leviticus 11:10“And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:”Isaiah 65:4“Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”Ezekiel 8:10“So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.”Acts 10:12“Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.”1 Corinthians 10:28“But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:”Colossians 2:16“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”Titus 1:15“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.”Hebrews 9:10“Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.”

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