seekeroftruth
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Deuteronomy 14:19 All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them. 20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.
21 Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God.
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
21 Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God.
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
This is from the easy English site.
God allowed the Israelites to eat clean insects. A locust is a clean insect. John ate them. (See Matthew 3:4.) The Israelites must not eat animals that had died in a natural way. That was partly because there might be poisons in the animal. Also, the blood was still in the animal’s body. That law did not apply to foreigners. God did not allow the Israelites to cook a goat in its mother’s milk. That was a Canaanite custom. They thought that it increased people’s desire for sex. The Israelites must keep God’s laws. Then their actions would show that they gave honour to God.
Have a happy 4th.... and don't eat the flies....
