Bible Verses About Turtles
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These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Scripture Passages
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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