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Bible Verses About eating animals

10 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about eating animals? Browse 10 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Genesis 9:3
King James (KJV)Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

10 Key Scriptures

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. not: or, not to judge his doubtful thoughts
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life , I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. tender: or, bowels
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed

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