5. "Now dispatch some anashim to Yafo and send for a certain Shimon who is also called Kefa.
6. "This one is staying with a certain Shimon, a tanner, whose bais is by the sea."
7. And, when the malach speaking to him had departed, Cornelius summoned shnayim of his household avadim and a devout chaiyal (soldier) from among the ones in his service,
8. Having explained everything, sent them to Yafo.
9. Now on the next day, as these were traveling and drawing near to Yafo, around the sixth hour (noon), Kefa went up on to the roof to daven (pray).
10. And Kefa became hungry, and was wanting to have a meal; but while they were preparing it, Kefa fell into a trance;
11. And he sees Shomayim having been opened, and a certain object descending like a large linen cloth lowered by four corners upon haAretz.
12. In this were all the fourfooted animals and remasim haAdamah (creepers of the earth) and oph haShomayim (birds of heaven, birds of the air).
13. And there came a bat kol (voice) to him, "Get up, Kefa, kill and eat!"
14. But Kefa said, "Chalilah li, Adonoi! For I have never eaten basar piggul (unclean meat) or shikkutz tameh (abominable unclean thing)." [VAYIKRA 11:4-20; 20-25; DEVARIM 14:3-20; YECHEZKEL 4:14]
15. And the bat kol came to Kefa again for a second time, "What Hashem made tahor (clean), you should no longer regard as tameh (unclean)." [BERESHIS 9:3]