6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’ 8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Acts 11:6–8
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Acts 10:13–15
13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” 14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” 15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
Ezekiel 4:13–15
13 Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.” 14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild be…
Leviticus 11:1–3
1 The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, 2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: 3 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
Leviticus 11:46–47
46 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground. 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
Ezekiel 3:1–3
1 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. 3 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate…
2 Esdras 11:35–37
35 I saw, and behold, the head on the right side devoured the one that was on the left side. (WEB) 36 Then I heard a voice, which said to me, “Look in front of you, and consider the thing that you see.” (WEB) 37 I saw, and behold, something like a lion roused out of the woods roari… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 11:15–17
15 I was born and reared to the same end. We are bound to die also on behalf of the same cause. (WEB) 16 So if you think it is proper to torment us for not eating the unclean, then torment!” (WEB) 17 As he said this, they brought him to the wheel. (WEB)
Mark 7:17–19
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable. 18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, 19 because it does not enter his heart, but it g…
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