What Does the Bible Say About Hooved Animals?

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. ...

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Mark 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

Mark 7:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

Deuteronomy 14:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

Leviticus 11:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

2 Corinthians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Acts 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.

Mark 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

Matthew 12:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Hosea 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Isaiah 5:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. ...

Leviticus 11:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

Leviticus 11:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:7-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

17 Bible Verses about Hooved Animals

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 7:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 14:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 12:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hosea 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:7-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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17 Bible Verses about Hooved Animals

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Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 7:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 14:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 12:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hosea 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:7-8 ESV / 1 helpful vote