Leviticus 11:2

These are the beasts. The principles set forth in this chapter were designed of God to protect those who love and choose to serve Him against the use, as food, of those forms of animal life that would bring injury to their bodies. In a number of instances, as will be seen, it is not yet possible to identify the animals named. Where doubt exists, that fact is noted. This measure of uncertainty, however, will not prove to be an insurmountable problem to any Christian who purposes in his heart not to “defile the temple of God” (1 Cor. 3:17) but to “do all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). For such a person the fundamental principles as outlined here will prove to be a sufficient guide.