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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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More Than a Diet Plan
Commentators emphasize that these dietary laws were not primarily about health. Their main purpose was theological: to teach Israel about holiness, test their obedience, and create a distinct separation between them and the surrounding pagan nations, whose idolatrous practices often involved the forbidden animals.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, These are the animals which ye may eat out of all the beasts; that is, out of the larger creatures, the quadrupeds, as distinguish…
19th Century
Anglican
These are the beasts which you shall eat among all ... — Better, These are the animals which you may eat of all ... . The dietary…
16th Century
Protestant
These are the beasts which you shall eat. The holy fathers, before the birth of Moses, knew what animals were unclean. Noah provided clear…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying For to them only belong the following laws, and not unto the Gentiles, as …
These laws seem to have been intended,
As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…
