Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 14:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 14:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 14:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about some animals that God said were okay for people to eat a long time ago. He wanted to guide them on what was safe and good for them to eat.

Deuteronomy 14:5: The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. [pygarg: or bison: Heb. dishon]

Contradiction with Leviticus 11:4-7

While Deuteronomy 14:5 lists certain animals as clean, Leviticus gives a different account of what animals are considered unclean based on their characteristics.

Leviticus 11:4-7: Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.

Contradiction with Acts 10:13-15

This passage counters the dietary restrictions by declaring that all foods are clean, in contrast to specific clean and unclean animals listed in Deuteronomy 14:5.

Acts 10:13-15: And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

Jesus teaches that nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them, effectively declaring all foods clean, which contrasts with the dietary laws in Deuteronomy.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

Paul states that no food is unclean in itself, a perspective that contradicts the specific distinctions of clean and unclean animals in Deuteronomy 14:5.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:4

Declares all creatures of God as good, contradicting the notion that some animals should be avoided as listed in Deuteronomy 14:5.

1 Timothy 4:4: For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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