Deuteronomy 14:3

Any abominable thing. Any abomination, i . e . anything which is an abomination to the Lord, having been by him pronounced unclean and forbidden; "anything which I have put far away from you ( i.e. made to be abominable to you)" (Targum Jonath.). "Every creature of God is good," and "there is nothing unclean of itself" ( 1 Timothy 4:4 ; Romans 14:14 ); "but by the ordinance of God, certain creatures, meats, and drinks were made unclean to the Jews … and this taught them holiness in abstaining from the impure communion with the wicked" (Ainsworth).