Certain Kinds of Animals Prohibited for Food.
Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud or
of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel and the hare, and
the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore,
they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof,
yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; ye shall not eat of
their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. (Deut. 14 : 7, 8.)
The Taking of Oaths Sanctioned.
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul
with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to
all that proceedeth out of his mouth. (Num. 30 : 2.)
He that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. (Is.
65 : 16.)
Now, therefore, swear unto me here by God.... And Abraham said,
I will swear.... There they sware both of them. (Gen. 21 : 23, 24, 31.)
Because he [God] could swear by no greater, he sware by
himself. (Heb. 6 : 13.)