Bible verse
Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
Deuteronomy 14:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 14.
5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
7 But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,
8 as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
11 You may eat any clean bird,
12 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
13 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
KJV
These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
ASV
These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;
ERV
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat:
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