The
Levitical Laws
Selected Biblical
References To Diet
The Original Diet -
outlined at Creation, while Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of
Eden:
" I have given you every herb that yields seed which is
on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields
seeds; to you it shall be for food." Genesis 1:29
The first modification
on the Original Diet plan - given when Adam and Eve were
excluded from the Garden of Eden:
"And you will eat the plants
of the field." Genesis 3:18
The second modification on the Original Diet plan - given
to mankind after the Flood:
"Everything that lives and
moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green
plants, I now give you everything." Genesis 9:3
"But flesh with the life
thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." Genesis
9:4
Only those animals
classified as "clean" were included in the allowed list of
edible meats. (See Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14:3-12)
The instruction was also
given to avoid the animal fat. (See Leviticus 3:17)
(Though written
clarification regarding how to include animal flesh in the diet
does not occur in Scripture until during the days of the
Israelites, it is clear that Noah understood that God
differentiated between "clean" and "unclean" animals long before
the Hebrew nation of Israel was formed. See Genesis 7:8)
Other interesting
Scriptures on the subject of eating:
"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do
all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
"When you sit down to eat
with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you; and put a
knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not
desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food." Proverbs
23:1-3.
"Blessed are thou, O land,
when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due
season, for strength and not for drunkenness." Ecclesiastes
10:17
God Bless