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Leviticus 11:2

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“Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:

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Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean.

“ ‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

“ ‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.

Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean.

“ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.

“ ‘There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.

“ ‘Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.

What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.

They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.




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