Moses spends a great deal of this chapter on dietary rules of clean and unclean foods. "Clean" and "unclean" are not the best translations of tahor and tahmeh. A better rendering would be "pure" and "impure." To put this discussion in context, for most of the ancient cultures of the world, eating had both a social and a religious significance and meaning. Ancient cultures dwelt on mythologies of how the animals came to be, which ones were sacred and which ones could be consumed as food and even how they should be eaten. The sacred cow in India is prime example. Pure and Impure classifications of animals existed pre-flood in Genesis when animals were not consumed as food.

Led by Aaron Eime.

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