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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
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A Test of Obedience
Commentators explain that the laws forbidding not only eating but also touching unclean animals served a deeper purpose. They were a test of obedience, teaching self-denial and the governance of one's appetites. Matthew Henry draws a parallel to Adam and the tree of knowledge, suggesting these rules were designed to cultivate a heart of careful obedience in God's people.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Of their flesh you shall not eat. —During the second Temple, the prohibition was defined to extend to the smallest quanti…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of their flesh shall you not eat Meaning, not of swine only, but of the camel, coney, and hare:
a…
Presbyterian
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…
