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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Everyv moving thing
remes (Hebrew #7431)
a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
KJV usage: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
Pronounce: reh'-mes
Origin: from 7430
that liveth
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
shall be meat
'oklah (Hebrew #402)
food
KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Pronounce: ok-law'
Origin: feminine of 401
for you; even as thex green
yereq (Hebrew #3418)
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
KJV usage: grass, green (thing).
Pronounce: yeh'-rek
Origin: from 3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color)
herb
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
have I given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
youy all things.
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Deut. 12:15• 15Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart. (Deut. 12:15)
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Deut. 14:4• 4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat; (Deut. 14:4)
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Acts 10:12‑14• 12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
 13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean. (Acts 10:12‑14)
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1 Tim. 4:3‑4• 3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving; (1 Tim. 4:3‑4)
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Gen. 1:29• 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you; (Gen. 1:29)
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Rom. 14:3• 3Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him. (Rom. 14:3)

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Lev. 11:1‑47• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
 2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth.
 3Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts--that shall ye eat.
 4Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 5and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 6and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 7and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud--it shall be unclean unto you.
 8Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.
 9These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;
 10but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters--they shall be an abomination unto you.
 11They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.
 12Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.
 13And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
 14and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind;
 15every raven after its kind;
 16and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
 17and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis,
 18and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,
 19and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
 20Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
 21Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth.
 22These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind.
 23But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.
 24And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
 25And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
 26Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
 27And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
 28And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.
 29And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;
 30and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon.
 31These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
 32And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done--it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
 33And every earthen vessel into which any of them falleth--whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
 34All food that is eaten on which such water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every such vessel.
 35And everything where upon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
 36Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
 37And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;
 38but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
 39And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
 40And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
 41And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
 42Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth--these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
 43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
 44For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.
 45For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
 46This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;
 47to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten. (Lev. 11:1‑47)
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Lev. 22:8• 8Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 22:8)
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Deut. 12:15• 15Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart. (Deut. 12:15)
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Deut. 14:3‑21• 3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
 4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
 5the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.
 6And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, and which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
 7Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs--they shall be unclean unto you;
 8and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud--it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.
 9These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;
 10but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.
 11All clean birds shall ye eat.
 12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
 13and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;
 14and every raven after its kind;
 15and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
 16the owl, and the ibis and the swan,
 17and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
 18and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
 19And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
 20All clean fowls shall ye eat.
 21Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. (Deut. 14:3‑21)
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Acts 10:12‑15• 12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
 13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
 15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common. (Acts 10:12‑15)
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1 Tim. 4:3‑5• 3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
 5for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing him. (1 Tim. 4:3‑5)
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Gen. 1:29‑30• 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so. (Gen. 1:29‑30)
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Psa. 104:14‑15• 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
 15And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart. (Psa. 104:14‑15)
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Rom. 14:3,14,17,20• 3Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
 14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
 20For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil to that man who eats while stumbling in doing so. (Rom. 14:3,14,17,20)
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1 Cor. 10:23,25‑26,31• 23All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
 25Everything sold in the shambles eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.
 26For the earth is the Lord's and its fulness.
 31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:23,25‑26,31)
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Col. 2:16,21‑22• 16Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
 21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
 22(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men, (Col. 2:16,21‑22)
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1 Tim. 4:3‑4• 3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving; (1 Tim. 4:3‑4)
• Death begins to furnish him with nourishment. It does not appear to me that, before this, there had been either government or idolatry. (“Genesis 9” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.