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INTRODUCTION

What should the believer do with those passages in the
Bible that seem to contradict? For example, consider the
following verses:

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth,
and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis
1:29)

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;
even as the green herb have I given you all things.
(Genesis 9:3)

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the
beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are
on the earth. (Leviticus 11:2)

These verses teach different doctrine. Genesis 1:29
instructs man to follow a vegetarian diet. Genesis 9:3
allows man to eat anything that moves, in addition to the
vegetarian diet. Leviticus 11:2 teaches that only certain
animals may be eaten. Which of these instructions should
be observed? All three? None? Just one of them? If so,
which one? Why? These questions and other similar
questions will be answered in this booklet.

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