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Clean and Unclean Foods

As Listed in the Bible

 

 

 

 

God created certain animals that man CAN use for food and others that by His design are UNFIT to eat. "Clean" foods are those which in their natural state do not harm the human body and which man can use for his nourishment. "Unclean" foods are those which are unhealthy to consume and are poisonous to the body.

Below is a comprehensive list of foods, defined in the Bible, as being Clean (fit to eat) and Unclean (unfit and harmful to eat). The Bible discusses this topic in detail in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.

Clean Land Animals
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:1-3, Deut. 14:4-6)
Antelope Deer (venison) Goat Ox
Bison (buffalo) Elk Hart Reindeer
Caribou Gazelle Ibex Sheep (lamb, mutton)
Cattle (beef, veal) Giraffe Moose  
       
Clean Birds and Insects
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:21-23, Deut. 14:20)
Birds
Chicken Grouse Pigeon Sparrow (and other songbirds)
Dove Guinea fowl Prairie chicken Swan *
Duck Partridge Ptarmigan Teal
Goose Peafowl Quail Turkey
  Pheasant Sagehen  
* Please note that the word "Swan" listed in the King James Version Bible translation of Leviticus 11:18 is a mistranslation. Swans are clean birds. Translations such as The Jewish Publication Society version render the word in question as "horned owl."
       
Insects
Types of locusts that may include crickets and grasshoppers
       
Clean Fish
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:9, Deut. 14:9-10)

Albacore
(Crevalle, Horse
Mackerel, Jack)		 Hardtail
(Blue Runner)		 Mullet Shad
Alewives
(Branch/River Herring)		 Herring
(Alewife, Branch/Glut/
Lake/River/Sea Herrings) 		Muskellunge
(Jacks)		 Sheepshead
Anchovy Kingfish Orange Roughy Silver Hake
(Whiting)
Barracuda Long Nose Sucker
(Northern or
Red Striped Sucker)		 Perch
(Bream) 		Silversides
Bass Common Sucker
(Fresh Water Mullet,
White Sucker)		 Pike
(Pickerel, Jack) 		Smelt
(Frost or Ice Fish)
Black Drum Crappie
(Black/White Crappies)		 Pig Fish Snapper
(Ebu, Jobfish, Lehi,
Onaga, Opakapaka, Uku)
Black Pomfret
(Monchong)		 Drum Pollack
(Pollock, Boston Bluefish) 		Snook
(Gulf Pike)
Blue Runner
(Hardtail) 		Flounder
(Dab, Gray/Lemon Sole,
Summer/Winter Flounder,
Yellow Tail) 		Pompano Sole
Bluebacks
(Glut Herrings)		 Grouper
(Black/Nassau/Red/
Yellowfish Grouper, Gag)		 Red Horse Sucker
(Redfin) 		Spanish Mackerel
Bluebill Sunfish Grunt
(White/Yellow Grunts)		 Red Snapper Steelhead
Bluefish Gulf Pike
(Robalo, Snook, Sergeant) 		Redfish Striped Bass
Bluegill Haddock Robalo
(Gulf Pike)		 Sucker
(Red Horse Sucker, Redfin)
Bonitos Hake Porgy
(Scup) 		Sunfish
Bowfin Halibut Red Drum
(Redfish) 		Tarpon
Buffalofish Hardhead Rockfish Trout
(Gray Sea/Lake/Sand Sea/
White Sea/Spotted Sea Trouts, Weakfish)
Butterfish Mackerel
(Cobia)		 Salmon
(Chum, Coho, King,
Pink or Red)
Tuna
(Ahi, Aku, Albacore, Bluefin, Bonito, Shipjack, Tombo, Yellowfin, Yellowtail)
Carp Mahimahi
(Dorado, Dolphinfish
[not the mammal dolphin]) 		Sardine
(Pilchard)
Turbot
(except European turbot)
Chubs
(Bloater, Longjaw, Blackfin)		 Menhaden Scup
(Porgy) 		Whitefish
Cod Minnow Sea Bass Whiting
(Silver Hake)
Sergeant Fish
(Gulf Pike)		 Yellow Perch
 

Unclean Land Animals
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:4-8, 29-31, Deut. 14:7-8)

Swine
Boar, Peccary, Pig (hog, bacon, ham, lard, pork)
Canines Equines Gorilla Rat
Coyote Ass Groundhog Rhinoceros
Dog Donkey Hare Skunk
Fox Mule Hippopotamus Slug
Hyena Horse Kangaroo Snail (escargot)
Jackal Onager Llama (alpaca, vicuña) Squirrel
Wolf Zebra (quagga) Mole Wallaby
Felines Other Monkey Weasel
Cat Armadillo Mouse Wolverine
Cheetah Badger Muskrat Worm
Leopard Bear Opossum  
Lion Beaver Porcupine  
Panther Camel Rabbit  
Tiger Elephant Raccoon

Unclean Insects
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:21-23, 41-42)

All insects except some in the locust family.
 

Unclean Birds/Reptiles
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:13-20, Deut. 14:12-19)
Unclean Birds
Albatross Eagle Magpie Roadrunner
Bat Flamingo Osprey Sandpiper
Bittern Grebe Ostrich Seagull
Buzzard Grosbeak Owl Stork
Condor Gull Parrot Swallow
Coot Hawk Pelican Swift
Cormorant Heron Penguin Vulture
Crane Kite Plover Water Hen
Crow Lapwing Rail Woodpecker
Cuckoo Loon Raven  
       
Unclean Reptiles/Amphibians
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:29-30, Deut. 14:7)
Reptiles Amphibians
Alligator Blindworm
Caiman Frog
Crocodile Newt
Lizard Salamander
Snake Toad
Turtle  
 
Unclean Fish/Marine Animals
(Biblical Reference: Lev. 11:10-12, Deut. 14:9-10)
Fish Shellfish Soft Body Sea mammals
Bullhead Abalone Cuttlefish Dolphin
Catfish Clam Jellyfish Otter
Eel Crab Limpet Porpoise
European turbot Crayfish Octopus Seal
Marlin Lobster Squid (calamari) Walrus
Paddlefish Mussel   Whale
Shark Prawn    
Stickleback Oyster    
Squid Scallop    
Sturgeon
(includes most caviar)		 Shrimp    
Swordfish      


Many of the animals labeled as "unclean" are primarily scavengers.
They do not have the kind of multiple digestive system that the cud-chewers do, so the poisons that they consume go directly into their flesh.
Only the unclean animals are regular hosts to such parasites as the trichina worm.
Isn't it amazing that almost every cookbook notes that you should always be extra careful to fully cook pork to a well-done state, but they never mention that their unspoken reason is-so that you will be sure to kill the trichina worms in their little cysts! It is an accepted fact that much of the pork in America, even with all our "modern" health precautions, probably contains trichina.
Health authorities also warn against eating shell fish at certain times of year because they are poisonous then.
They don't bother to mention that the shellfish have the same scavenging habits all year long that causes this problem. Trichinosis and possible poisoning is bad enough, but the unclean animals are host also to much more serious problems for humans.

The AIDS virus and other serious diseases may have been spread by humans eating contaminated monkeys and/or other unclean animals.

 

 

Clean and Unclean Food
Lev. 11.1-47 3

¶ Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
9 ¶ These ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 ¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
13 and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14 and every raven after his kind,
15 and the owl, and the nighthawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17 and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,
18 and the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
21 ¶ Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God.
¶ Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Ex. 23.19 ; 34.26

 

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