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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS.
		, the sacrificial animals), the hart and the gazel, the roebuck, the wild goat, the pygarg, the antelope, and the chamois(Deut.
		It is important to distinguish the clean wild animals from the clean tame animals, because the tallow of the former may be used, while that of the latter is forbidden, and the blood of the clean wild animal must be covered up (Lev.
		Ibn Ezra is of the opinion that the flesh of unclean animals has been forbidden because it is impure and obnoxious, and the substance swallowed and digested goes into the flesh and blood of those who have eaten it (commentary to Lev.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=531&letter=C (2552 words)

	Animal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Animals with this sort of organization are called metazoans, or eumetazoans when the former is used for animals in general.
		Animals are generally considered to have evolved from flagellate protozoa.
		The latter are dominated by the vertebrates, animals with backbones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Animal (1941 words)

	Unclean animal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the context of Judaism, the phrase unclean animals refers to those listed in the book of Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible; the intent is that they not be consumed for food.
		Many animals in the passage that are unclean have the characteristic of (but not limited to) having no divided hoofs (feet) and/or also do not chew the cud (food) for it to be regurgitated.
		For Judaism these are the sources of all the laws concerning clean and unclean animals stemming from the book of Leviticus, which states all the characteristics of animals that are deemed clean and those that are not.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Unclean_animals (449 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Unclean animals, in some religions, are animals, on whose consumption or handling is labelled a taboo.
		The origins of practices in relation to "clean animals" and "unclean animals" are lost to prehistory but are maintained by several large religions.
		The term clean animals in the Hebrew bible is a misnomer as the actual term refers to the 'purity' and 'impurity' of the animal, which itself is a reference to the status the animal has in terms of Kashrut and its eligibility for sacrifice.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Unclean_animals (2566 words)

	Booklet > What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats > Which Animals Does the Bible Designate as 'Clean' ...
		In listing the animals that should not be eaten, God forbids the consumption of scavengers and carrion eaters, which devour other animals for their food.
		Predatory animals such as wolves, lions, leopards and cheetahs most often prey on the weakest (and at times the diseased) in animal herds.
		A common denominator of many of the animals God designates as unclean is that they routinely eat flesh that would sicken or kill humans.
	www.ucg.org /booklets/CU/bibledesignate.htm (755 words)

	HOLY BIBLE: Leviticus 11
		In like manner fishes were reputed unclean that had not fins and scales: that is, souls that did not raise themselves up by prayer and cover themselves with the scales of virtue.
		Jerome intimates that it is another kind of animal common in Palestine, which lives in the holes of rocks or in the earth.
		That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening.
	www.newadvent.org /bible/lev011.htm (1827 words)

	Unclean
		, such as the dead body of an animal that is ceremonially unclean--whether a wild animal, a domesticated animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground--they will be considered ceremonially unclean and guilty, even if they are unaware of their defilement.
		You may not eat the meat of these animals or touch their dead bodies.
		Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are
	www.allaboutgod.com /truth-topics/unclean.htm (439 words)

	biology - Animal
		Annelida (segmented worms) Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.
		Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchial classification.
		The name animal comes from the Latin word animalis, of which animalia is the plural, and ultimately from anima, meaning vital breath or soul.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Animal (1246 words)

	What Does the Bible Teach About Clean and Unclean Meats? > The Good News : July/August 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since these animals were not specifically mentioned in Leviticus 11 or Deuteronomy 14, we learned to look for the identifying characteristics that showed which animals were acceptable for human consumption.
		Leviticus 11:3 says, "Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud-that you may eat." This verse taught us that tigers and elephants are unclean because they do not have a divided hoof.
		In God's sight, refraining from eating unclean animals is an identifying sign of the holiness of those who have been set apart through a relationship with Him.
	www.gnmagazine.org /issues/gn11/uncleanmeats.htm (3322 words)

	unclean foods, unclean meats, biblical food list, unclean, unclean animals, unclean fish @ The God Kind!
		3 'Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves [and] chewing the cud -- that you may eat.
		26 '[The carcass] of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, [is] unclean to you.
		Most of these foods are considered to be "scavenger" animals that eat the wastes of other animals, and help to clean up the environment.
	godkind.org /clean-foods.html (1765 words)

	Clean and Unclean Animals — FactMonster.com
		Hence those animals which were lawful food for man were those into which the human soul never entered; but those into which the human soul entered were unclean or not fit for human food.
		In the Old Testament, those animals which chew the cud and part the hoof were clean, and might be eaten.
		Clean and Unclean Animals - Clean and Unclean Animals Pythagoras taught the doctrine of the transmigration of the soul, but...
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/clean-unclean-animals.html (243 words)

	Events Preceding the Flood - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
		The expression is simply "by sevens." You note that the NIV represents both translations, one in the body of the text and one in the foot note.
		Since Gen 7:8 mentions pairs coming to the ark of both clean and unclean animals, my personal opinion is that "by sevens" means that God brought 7 pairs of each type of clean animal to the ark.
		Noah did also, since God made sure that the animals he wanted were brought to the ark. (see Gen. 7:8-9, and Gen. 7:15) God brought the animals he wanted and made sure that the larger number of clean animals was there.
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	Unclean - definition from Biology-Online.org
		He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
		Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections.
		Uncleanly, Uncleanness, Unclean animals, a wicked spirit; a demon.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Unclean (109 words)

	Clean (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		The various forms of uncleanness according to the Mosaic law are enumerated in Lev.
		The division of animals into clean and unclean was probably founded on the practice of sacrifice.
		The regulations regarding such animals are recorded in Lev.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/clean.html (141 words)

	The Holy Bible Volume I - Chapter XI
		Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
		St. Jerome intimates that it is another kind of animal common in Palestine, which lives in the holes of rocks or in the earth.
		And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths: or any thing in which work is done.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/relg/bible/TheHolyBible/chap104.html (1134 words)

	Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Chapter XVIII—The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean ...
		Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Chapter XVIII—The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law Symbolical of the Distinction Between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics.
		Chapter XVIII—The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law Symbolical of the Distinction Between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics.
		After showing a little peep-hole to those who love to contemplate the Church from the law of sacrifices respecting clean and unclean animals (inasmuch as thus the common Jews and the heretics are distinguished mystically from the divine Church), let us bring the discourse to a close.
	www.sacred-texts.com /chr/ecf/002/0020428.htm (626 words)

	Unclean animals, political correctness and a rant.
		Mind you, they probably want to change it from piggy to 'goat' to avoid offending religions like Judaism and Islam in which the pig is ritually unclean.
		Some religions say don't eat pigs - fine I can respect that (although don't expect us to want all our meat halal slaughtered) but to remove reference to them is just plain silly.
		I recall dogs are also 'unclean' so would they be next?
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/28/messages/966.html (548 words)

	Clean and unclean animals - Bible concordance entry
		Clean and unclean animals - Bible concordance entry
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	Evaluating the Theory of Karma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hinduism is far from being the only religion to regard selected animals as specially sacred or specially unclean.
		In Ancient Egypt, each county regarded a different animal as sacred, and one easy way to insult your neighbors was to eat their sacred animal.
		In other words, if there is any objective truth underlying most world religions, the rules about sacred and unclean animals are not part of that truth.
	www.baharna.com /karma/1_Evaluating.htm (9104 words)

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