3 and every reptile which hath life. They shall be food for you. As the herb of grass I have given you them all.
Genesis 9:3 Cross References - Thomson
Genesis 1:29-30
29 Moreover God said, "Behold I have given you every seed bearing plant, the sowing seed which is on the whole earth, and every tree which hath in itself the fruit of seminal seed, you shall have for food:
30 And to all the beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the air, and to every reptile on the earth, which hath in it animal life, I have also given every green herb for food." And it was so.
Leviticus 11:1-47
1 Again the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say, Among all the beasts which are on the earth, these are the beasts which you may eat.
3 Every beast having a double hoof, its hoof parted into two distinct hoofs, and bringing up the cud, these among the beasts you may eat.
4 But of these you shall not eat; of those which chew the cud, and of those which have parted hoofs; the camel, though it cheweth the cud; yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;
5 the hairy foot, though it cheweth the cud, yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;
6 and the choirogryllus, though it cheweth the cud, yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;
7 and the swine, though it hath a parted hoof, yet because it doth not chew the cud, it is unclean to you.
8 Of the flesh of these you shall not eat; nor shall you touch their dead carcases. They are unclean to you.
9 And these are what you may eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales, in the waters or in the seas or in the brooks, these you may eat;
10 but all that have not fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, of all the multitudes which the waters produce, and of all the living creatures in the waters, are an abomination,
11 and shall be an abomination to you. Of their flesh you shall not eat; and their dead carcases you shall abominate.
12 All in the waters which have not fins and scales are an abomination to you.
13 And among the birds, these are what you must abominate, and which shall not be eaten; they are an abomination; the eagle, and the ospray, and the cormorant,
14 and the vulture, and the kite and all of its kind,
15 and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull and all of its kind,
16 and crows of all sorts and their kind, and the hawk and all its kind, and the night hawk,
17 and the cataractes, and the ibis,
18 and the porphurion, and the pelican, and the swan,
19 and the heron, and the charadrius and all of its kind, and the puet, and the bat.
20 All the flying reptiles also which walk on four feet are abominations to you:
21 but of the flying reptiles which walk on four feet, you may eat those which have legs above their feet to hop with them on the ground.
22 These of them in particular you may eat, the brouchus-locust and its species, and the altake-locust and all its species, and the serpent-fighter and all its species, and the grasshopper and all its species.
23 Every flying reptile which hath four feet is an abomination to you.
24 With them you must not defile yourselves. Whosoever toucheth their dead carcases shall be unclean until the evening.
25 And whoever carrieth any of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening.
26 And among all the beasts whatever hath a hoof parted in two; a hoof divided into two hoofs, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean to you. And whoever toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until evening.
27 And every beast which walketh on paws among all the beasts which walk on four feet, is unclean to you. Whoever toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.
28 And he who carrieth any of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. These are unclean to you.
29 And of the reptiles which are on the earth, these are unclean to you; the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizzard,
30 and the toad, and the chamelion, and the spicier, and the rat, and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you above all the reptiles which are on the earth. Whoever toucheth them when dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when dead, shall fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or a sack, every utensil in which any work is done shall be plunged in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Then it shall be clean.
33 And if any of them fall into a vessel made of clay, all that is in it shall be unclean, and it shall be broken;
34 and every kind of meat which is eatable, upon which water out of it shall come, shall be unclean; and every kind of drink which may be drunk in every such earthen vessel shall be unclean.
35 And every thing upon which any of their dead carcases may fall shall be unclean. Ovens, and stands for pots, shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
36 But fountains of water, and a lake, or collection of water, shall be clean. And he who toucheth their carcases shall be unclean.
37 If any of their carcases fall on seed which is to be sown it shall be clean.
38 But if water hath been poured on any kind of grain, and any of their carcases fall upon it, it shall be unclean to you.
39 Now if any of those beasts which you may lawfully eat should happen to die, he who toucheth their dead carcases shall be unclean until evening.
40 And he who eateth of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. And he who carrieth any of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.
41 Moreover every creeping thing which creepeth on the earth shall be an abomination to you. It shall not be eaten.
42 Whether it runneth on its belly, or goeth continually on four, whatever among the reptiles, which creep on the earth, hath many feet, this you shall not eat; for it is an abomination to you;
43 and you should not pollute yourselves with any of the reptiles which creep on the earth. You indeed are not to pollute yourselves with them, nor be made unclean by them.
44 Because I am the Lord your God, therefore you must hallow yourselves, and be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy. And you must not defile yourselves with any of the reptiles, which creep on the earth,
45 because I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, because I the Lord am holy.
46 This is the law respecting beasts, and fowls, and every living creature which moveth in the water, and every living creature which creepeth on the earth,
47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the viviparous animals which may be eaten, and the viviparous which are not to be eaten.
Leviticus 22:8
8 What died of itself, or is torn by wild beasts, he shall not eat to pollute himself therewith. I am the Lord,
Deuteronomy 12:15
15 Nevertheless, to satisfy thy desire, thou mayst kill and eat flesh, in every city, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee. The unclean with thee, and the clean, may eat it together, as you now do a roebuck or a deer;
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
3 you shall not eat any abomination.
4 These are the beasts which you shall eat, young beeves, and sheep, and goats,
5 deer and roebucks, and the pygarg, and oryx, and camelopardal;
6 every beast which parteth the hoof, dividing it into two distinct hoofs, and which cheweth the cud; these among the cattle you may eat.
7 But of those which chew the cud, and of those which part not the hoof, dividing it into two distinct hoofs, these you shall not eat; the camel, and the hairy foot, and the choirogryllus. Because though they chew the cud they do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you;
8 the swine also, because, though it parteth the hoof and divideth it into distinct hoofs, yet it doth not chew the cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead carcasses.
9 And of all that are in the water, these you may eat. You may eat all that have fins and scales.
10 But all that have not fins and scales, you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.
11 Every clean fowl you may eat;
12 now these are they which you shall not eat; the eagle and the ospray, and the cormorant,
13 and the vulture, and the kite, and all of its species;
14 [Omitted]
15 the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull,
16 and the heron, and the swan, and the ibis, and cataractes, and the hawk, and all of its species;
17 and the puet, and the night hawk, and the pelican, and the charadrius, and all of its species;
18 and the porphurion, and the bat.
19 All the creeping things which fly are unclean to you. You shall not eat any of them.
20 Every flying thing, which is clean, you may eat.
21 Every thing which dieth of itself you shall not eat. It may be given to the stranger, who is in thy cities, and he may eat it, or thou mayst sell it to the stranger. Because thou art a people dedicated to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not boil a lamb in the milk of its dam.
Psalms 104:14-15
Acts 10:12-15
12 in which were all sorts of four footed beasts of the earth, namely, the wild beasts and the reptiles, and the birds of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise Peter; Kill And Eat.
14 Whereupon Peter said, By no means, Lord. For I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.
15 And a voice said to him a second time, What God hath cleansed call not thou that common.
Romans 14:3
3 Let not him, who eateth despise him who doth not eat. And let not him who doth not eat, judge him who eateth. For God hath taken him into his family,
Romans 14:14
14 I know and am fully assured by the Lord Jesus; that nothing is of itself unclean. But to him who thinketh any thing unclean, to him it is unclean.
Romans 14:17
17 For the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in a holy spirit.
Romans 14:20
20 Do not for the sake of food destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but they are an evil to a man who eateth for a stumbling block.
1 Corinthians 10:23
23 All things are lawful for me. All things however are not expedient, All things are lawful for me." All things however do not edify.
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
1 Corinthians 10:31
31 Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 2:16
16 Let none therefore judge you in respect to eating or drinking, or in respect to a festival, or a new moon, or sabbaths,
Colossians 2:21-22
1 Timothy 4:3-5
3 forbidding marriage, and enjoining an abstinence from meats which God hath created to be partaken of with thankfulness by the faithful, and by them who are convinced of this truth,
4 that every thing which God created is good, and nothing to be rejected; for when taken with thankfulness
5 it is sanctified by the permission of God and prayer.