Kebra Nagast

This is what ye shall eat so that thou mayest not be beaten with the rod wherewith they shall be beaten. Even as David the grandfather of our lord David saith, God will not let the rod of sinners [fall] upon the portion of the righteous,' so that the righteous may not lift up their hands in violence (or, oppression). When a man hath the power to do that which is good, and he watcheth himself and telleth his neighbour, he becometh as it were the owner of two talents, * and yet other two talents are added to him, and he getteth abundant reward from God. For he hath done it himself and taught his neighbour to do it, and because of this his reward And again, blessed shall shall be exceedingly great. be if ye ye give your possessions, without usury and not * as loans." THIS IS WHAT YE SHALL EAT THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN " And this is what ye shall eat the clean and that which is not clean. The ox, the sheep, the goat, the 91. : : ram, the stag, the gazelle, the buffalo, the deskena antelope, the we'eld antelope, the oryx, the rJrdt gazelle, and every creature with a cleft hoof and nails eat ye, and the creatures that chew the cud. And these which ye shall not eat among those that chew the cud and have a cleft hoof are the camels and the hare and the kdrgelyon (coney ?), for they chew the cud but their hoofs are not cleft. The wolf and the pig ye shall not eat, for their hoofs are cleft but they do not chew the cud ye shall not eat what is unclean. Whatsoever is in the waters with fins and scales eat ye whatsoever is unclean : ; therein eat ye not. Among birds everything that is clean eat ye, but ye shall not eat the following the the the the vulture, eagle, 'ttyatan eagle, osprey, the hawk, and the like, the raven, ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the heron, the swan, the ibis, the pelican, the hawk, : 1 Compare Matthew xxv, 22. 159