What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats?
Use this chart to determine what animals are clean (good to eat) or unclean (not food) based on the biblical food laws recorded in the book of Leviticus.
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United News
Thousands of years ago, it was probably rather simple not to eat unclean meats (described in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14).
Bible Commentary
Laws of clean and unclean meat, laws concerning childbirth
Bible Commentary
No pagan rituals, clean and unclean meat, second and third tithe
Bible Questions and Answers
Some choose to be vegetarian because of health reasons or religious beliefs. Is vegetarianism wrong? What can we learn from Scriptures about what is acceptable to eat?
What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats?
God reveals which animals - including fish and birds - are suitable and unsuitable for human consumption in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Although the lists aren't exhaustive, He reveals guidelines for recognizing animals that are...
The New Covenant: Does It Abolish God's Law?
Many believe Romans 14 says that Christians are free from all former biblical restrictions regarding the meats they may eat.
What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats?
What about the common view that God forbade the Israelites from eating pork so they wouldn't catch diseases, such as trichinosis, from undercooked meat? Does this view hold up under scrutiny?
Vertical Thought
A pig is a pig even with the genes of a worm.
United News
Cleansing one's thoughts is eminently more spiritually important than washing one's hands.
![Steak on a plate.](https://www.ucg.org/files/styles/16x9_grid4/public/image/article/is-it-allowable-for-a-christian-to-eat-halal-or-kosher-meat.jpg "We can still enjoy the pot roast or chicken since they are "clean" according to God's food laws and have been properly slaughtered.")
Bible Questions and Answers
We are free to eat foods prepared according to Muslim "halal" standards or Jewish "kosher" standards unless doing so would offend another person.
Good News
Many people have misconceptions about the biblical teaching on clean and unclean meats. What does Scripture really reveal on this subject, and what principles lie behind its teaching?