The [[Moses|Mosaic]] law had the category of [[Mosaic law and clean animals|clean animals]] which the [[Israel]]ites were permitted to eat and the category of unclean animals which they were not permitted to eat.
The prominent Christian answers website Gotquestions.org defines unclean animals thusly: "animals that either do not chew the cud or do not have a split hoof, such as pigs, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, and rats; seafood lacking either fins or scales, such as shellfish, lobster, oysters, and catfish; some birds, such as owls, hawks, and vultures; and other animals, such as reptiles and amphibians."<ref>[httphttps://www.gotquestions.org/animals-clean-unclean.html What made some animals clean and others unclean?]</ref>
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