The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
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The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
World English Bible
Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
The canon gives four different answers to what humans are allowed to eat. Genesis 1:29 gives a strictly vegetarian menu in Eden.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
The proposed answers and sources for each reading are on the question page.
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"Deuteronomy 14:8 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/deuteronomy/14/8?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).