Leviticus 11:1–8: Clean and Unclean Animals Explained
Leviticus 11:1–8 teaches Israel to judge each animal by the marks God stated, calling some unclean and unfit as food. The passage concerns covenant identity in ordinary eating, not food-safety technique.
Leviticus 11:1–8: Why the Pig Is Called Unclean
Leviticus puts Israel's table under Yahweh's word rather than under appetite, and the pig is named unclean for a specific reason: split hoof, no cud. The passage forbids pork to Israel under that covenant without calling pigs evil or pork poisonous.