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What is the origin of the “clean” and “unclean” animals referred to in the Bible? Noah’s Flood - Genesis 7:2 relates an interesting story of an event that happened at the time of the Flood. God commanded that seven of the “clean” (fit for food) animals should be taken into the ark, but only two of the “unclean.”
There are at least two reasons. First, God told Peter, "God has cleansed" (Acts 10:15) them, so God did something to cleanse the unclean animals and make them fine for consumption. Second, the dietary law had become one of the main cultural barriers between Jews and gentiles, which God was about to use Peter to tear down.
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a. Whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening: Unclean animals, when dead, couldn’t just be left in the community to rot; they had to be disposed of. But the people who disposed of the unclean animals had to deal with their uncleanness by washing and a brief ( until evening) quarantine.
Sep 13, 2023 · The Bible states, “Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth” ( Genesis 7:2–3 ). The Hebrew phrase translated “seven ...
Clean and Unclean Animals - And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these ...
1. Guidelines for Land Animals (Verses 1-8) The Lord instructs that only animals that chew the cud and have a completely divided hoof, like the cow and the sheep, are considered clean and thus edible. Animals like the camel, rabbit, and pig are deemed unclean due to their lack of one or the other criterion. 2.
May 18, 2004 · Leviticus 11 is dealing with the subject of cleanness and uncleanness—specifically, with the subject of clean and unclean foods. The word “clean” has a lot of different meanings today depending upon the context in which it is used. For example, in the operating room, things must be clean, and that has a very rigid, strict interpretation ...
