Text: Deuteronomy 14:3-21
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 11:1-28
Subject: dietary laws restated for the promised land
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 14:3-21 constitutes a Mosaic restatement of the Leviticus 11 food laws, largely reproducing the same animal categories — split hoof and cud-chewing land animals, finned and scaled water creatures, and specific prohibited birds. The key difference is contextual: Leviticus 11 legislates within the Sinai holiness code, while Deuteronomy 14 situates the identical regulations within Moses' sermonic exhortation before entry to the promised land, grounding them in Israel's identity as "sons of the LORD" and "a holy people" (עַם קָדוֹשׁ, am qadosh). Minor variations between the lists (Deuteronomy adds the roebuck, wild goat, and ibex as clean animals in 14:5) reflect adaptation for settled agricultural life rather than wilderness conditions.