Clean and Unclean Meats

"This is the law of the animals...to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten" (Leviticus 11:46-47).

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What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats?

Many people have misconceptions about the biblical teaching on clean and unclean meats. What does Scripture really reveal on the subject of dietary food laws?

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Did the Apostle Paul Say All Food is Clean in Romans 14:14?

Although it sounds like Paul said “there is nothing unclean”, the English translators used the wrong English word. Paul was addressing clean meat that had offered to idols. This is examined and explained.

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Which Animal Fat from “Clean Animals” Should Not Be Eaten? What Fat is Normally Made into Beef Tallow?

Discover the biblical distinction between acceptable and forbidden animal fats—why God commanded the burning of specific internal fats in sacrifices, and how understanding this difference can guide faithful choices in diet and health today.

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Be You Holy: Our Lifelong Vow to God

If desire to be part of God's plan as He desires us to be, we must choose to let Him dictate how we live our lives. We must continue in our lifelong vow to God that we made at baptism.

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Why What We Eat Is Important

When you're pressured to eat foods you know you shouldn't, what do you do?

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What Would Jesus Eat?

Although the origin of COVID-19 is still being determined, there have been quite a few other deadly outbreaks over the past several decades traced back to eating biblically unclean animals. In light of this, we should consider the Bible’s dietary...

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Everything is Good?

Don't allow yourself to be led astray; context matters when you're reading scripture.

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Eat Clean!

Did you know the Bible has a clean eating plan? It’s not only about good physical health but choosing godly conduct as a way of life.

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Why Do We Eat Only Clean Meats

An in depth look at the biblical teaching of clean and unclean meats

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Clean and Unclean Foods

BiblesStudy: Learn why the Bible's laws of clean and unclean foods are in effect.

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Biblical Food for Thought

Why do we do what we do and for Whom when it comes to the Biblical food laws? How do they allow us to move beyond simply event-oriented Christianity to a sustained spiritually vibrant existence? How do they allow us…

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Holiness, Health, Clean And Unclean

Sermon on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Kennewick, Washington. It is important that we not only recognize what God wants us to eat (and not eat) but that we know why He has us do this. The most important reason…

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The Biblical Food Laws: Does God Care What You Eat?

Yes, because there’s a vital spiritual connection to what you eat and holiness. Discover how.

Infographic - Biblical guide to clean and unclean meats.

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[Infographic]: A Biblical Guide to Clean Vs. 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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Clean and Unclean Is it in Meat Only?

God gave His laws for clean and unclean things to eat. These included land animals, sea creatures, and flying things. Plants, insects and crawling things are listed. God separates things that are Holy and profane. God wants His people to…

Quais animais designa a Bíblia como 'limpos' e 'imundos' ?

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[Infographic]: Which Animals Does the Bible Designate as 'Clean' and 'Unclean'?

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 acceptable for food.

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Not Only a Matter of Diet

From cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation, nowhere in the Bible do we find an example of a servant of God or follower of Jesus Christ eating the flesh of an unclean animal.

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A Telling Event From Jesus Christ's Ministry

Many people assume that Jesus Christ abolished the distinctions between clean and unclean meats, even though, as we have seen, no evidence for this exists in the Scriptures.

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A Matter of Proper Cooking?

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?

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A Matter of Health?

Do science and medicine help us better understand why the Bible designates some animals as unfit for human consumption?

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