Leviticus 11:1-2

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Clean and Unclean Foods

11 ^[a]And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²“Say to the people of Israel, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

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11.1 These regulations concerning what is ritually pure or impure depend, for the most part, on circumstances peculiar to that time; e.g., animals, such as the pig, used in pagan sacrifices. Some correspond to ancient taboos.

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