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NASB | Leviticus 11:2 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 11:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Among all the animals which are on the earth, these are the animals which you may eat. [Mark 7:15-19] |
Bible Question: does the laws of eating unclean meat in Lev. still pertain to today or does that change when God opened up the sheet to Simon in Acts and told him to eat? |
Bible Answer: The laws of unclean meat in Leviticus 11 had a specific purpose. They were in order to indicate to the Israelites that they should live at a high and holy level and avoid the dust of death. Thus the animals that were clean were those that parted the hoof and 'chewed the cud'. Their hooves in the main prevented them going into unwholesome places and their chewing of the cud meant that they only ate wholesome food. In contrast pigs scrabbled in the dirt and camels went into the desert, the place of death. The clean birds were those which were not scavengers, did not kill other birds, and did not dig in the dirt (all these were excluded specifically). They rather lived as it were in mid-air and in trees and ate wholesome food e.g. the scattered seed and insects that also flew in mid-air or were in trees. The clean fish were those that swam mid-water and not among the mud at the bottom of the sea, river, etc. The lesson was that the Israelites were to live in a similar way, and were to avoid what was dirty and associated with death. This was reinforced by the other laws of uncleanness. It also resulted in them only eating wholesome food and prevented many food problems. It was a very important lesson in those early days, but by Jesus time it had become almost irrelevant and its significance lost sight of. They were replaced by the coming of Jesus Who was an even better exemplar of the pure life. Like so much of the Old Testament ritual it found its fulfiment in Jesus Christ. Now the pure life was to be found by the coming of the Holy Spirit Who would cause them to follow Christ. |
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Tammy Roesch |