You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten. The concluding principle states the purpose of the entire chapter: to enable the covenant community to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between what may be eaten and what may not. The word distinguish is the same word used in Leviticus 10:10 for the priestly vocation of distinguishing the holy from the common. The dietary laws that govern the community's eating extend the priestly vocation of distinction into every household's daily life: every meal is an act of covenant discernment.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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