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.
Does Mark 7 Make Pork a Sin?
Jesus relocates defilement from the plate to the heart, and Mark adds that he was declaring all foods clean. The question about pork turns on that distinction, not on a list of forbidden meats.