Deuteronomy 14 in the early church

46 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 14, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 11 · 12 · 21 · 22 · 24 · 29

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

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Deut 14:1Catechetical Lecture 11.3 · Cyril of Jerusalemquotation, high confidenceca. 350
Deut 14:1On the Decrees of Nicaea 6 · Athanasius of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 350–356

Deuteronomy 14:2

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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Deut 14:21 Clement 29.3 · Clement of Romeallusion, medium confidenceca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
Deut 14:21 Clement 64.1 · Clement of Romeallusion, medium confidenceca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
Deut 14:2Oration 34.4 · Gregory of Nazianzusallusion, medium confidenceca. 362–383

Deuteronomy 14:3

You must not eat any detestable thing.

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Deut 14:3–21Demonstration 15.1 · Aphrahatallusion, medium confidence337-345

Deuteronomy 14:4

These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Deut 14:4Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.206 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Deut 14:4Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.207 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)

Deuteronomy 14:5

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

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Deut 14:5On First Principles 4.3.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Deut 14:5Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.206 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Deut 14:5Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.207 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Deut 14:5Homily on the Song of Songs 2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 240–250
Deut 14:5Instructions 2.12 · Eucherius of Lyonallusion, high confidenceca. 428-434

Deuteronomy 14:6

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

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Deut 14:6Epistle of Barnabas 10.11 · Anonymousquotation, medium confidenceca. 70–135 (often ca. 130)
Deut 14:6The Instructor 3.11.76 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 14:6Against Heresies 5.8.4 · Irenaeus of Lyonsallusion, medium confidenceca. 180–190
Deut 14:6Miscellanies 7.18.109 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:6Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, medium confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 14:6Commentary on the Song of Songs, fragment 8 (Song 2:8) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceca. 202-235
Deut 14:6Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 807 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Deut 14:6Exposition of Psalm 118 7.25.2 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 14:6–8Sermon 149.4 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, high confidenceca. 391-430
Deut 14:6Against Faustus the Manichaean 16.30 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 398–400

Deuteronomy 14:7

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,

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Deut 14:7The Instructor 2.10.83 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 190–200

Deuteronomy 14:8

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.

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Deut 14:8Epistle of Barnabas 10.1 · Anonymousallusion, medium confidenceca. 70–135 (often ca. 130)
Deut 14:8The Instructor 3.11.75 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 14:8Miscellanies 2.15.67 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:8Miscellanies 2.20.105 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:8Miscellanies 5.8.51 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:8Cib. 8 · Methodius of Olympusallusion, medium confidencelate 3rd cent. (disputed)
Deut 14:8Against Faustus the Manichaean 6.7 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 14:8Against Faustus the Manichaean 30.1 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 398–400
Deut 14:8Tractates 15 · Gaudentius of Bresciaallusion, high confidenceca. 397-410

Deuteronomy 14:9

Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

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Deut 14:9Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 807 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254

Deuteronomy 14:11

You may eat any clean bird,

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Deut 14:11Hexaemeron 8.3 · Basil of Caesareaallusion, medium confidenceca. 370

Deuteronomy 14:12

but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

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Deut 14:12The Instructor 3.11.76 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 14:12Miscellanies 2.15.67 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:12On First Principles 4.3.2 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Deut 14:12–18Against Celsus 4.93 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 248

Deuteronomy 14:21

You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Deut 14:21The Instructor 2.1.17 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 14:21Miscellanies 2.18.94 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203

Deuteronomy 14:22

You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

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Deut 14:22Miscellanies 2.18.86 · Clement of Alexandriaallusion, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Deut 14:22Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 14:22–23Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.16 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324

Deuteronomy 14:24

But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

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Deut 14:24–26Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.18 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Deut 14:29Apostolic Constitutions 2.34.6 · Anonymousallusion, medium confidenceca. 380