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God's Table

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Every food this site covers, grouped by stall, with one line on its biblical status. Print it, fold it, and take it shopping.

Meat

  • BeefClean animal under the Mosaic law
  • LambClean animal; central to Passover
  • GoatClean animal under the Mosaic law
  • Deer and wild gameClean, when the animal meets the criteria
  • PorkUnclean under the Mosaic law
  • LocustsPermitted insects under the Mosaic law
  • Birds and fowlSome clean, some unclean

Fish

  • Fish with fins and scalesClean under the Mosaic law
  • ShellfishUnclean under the Mosaic law

Eggs

  • EggsAssumed as ordinary food

Dairy

  • MilkA picture of blessing and of beginnings
  • Cheese and curdsOrdinary food in Scripture

Plants

  • BreadThe staple food of Scripture
  • Wheat and barleyGrains of the promised land
  • Lentils and legumesEveryday food; the food of Daniel's test
  • FigsFruit of the land
  • GrapesFruit of the land; source of wine
  • PomegranateFruit of the land; temple ornament
  • HerbsGiven for food from the beginning
  • Nuts and almondsOrdinary food and gift
  • VegetablesGiven for food; also a picture of a simple table

Other

  • Olives and olive oilFood, fuel, medicine and anointing
  • HoneyGood, with an explicit warning about excess
  • SaltCovenant sign and image of preservation
  • WinePermitted and praised; drunkenness condemned
  • MannaGod's provision in the wilderness
  • BloodExplicitly forbidden as food
  • WaterBasic provision and deep image
  • Fat of sacrificesForbidden in the sacrificial context
  • LeavenRegulated for feasts; used as a symbol

This is a study aid, not a shopping rule. Nothing on this sheet makes a believer more or less acceptable to God.

God calls us to seek wisdom and care faithfully for the life entrusted to us. This platform offers biblical education, not diagnosis or treatment; for health decisions, pray for wisdom and seek qualified medical care.