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Deuteronomy 14:1–16:17 (Food and Festivals)

The Two Testaments

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What Is the Essence of Israel?

There's been a number of theories that have been proposed. There is an ancient perspective that some of them are ethical. So in Israel you can eat the animal with the blood in it because the life of the creatures in its blood. And again, this seems to be tied to Yahweh's desire that Israel have a real reverence for life.

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