Leviticus 11

The passage today cover the food rules that God gave the Israelites. I've always been fascinated by these, as the reasons behind the rules often seemed odd. For example, why only livestock that have cloven hoofs and chew their cud? What sort of logic is there to that? I can only figure that either the rules were arbitrary and God simply wanted them followed, or that they were for health reasons and just happened to be easier to describe with physical characteristics. Someday I plan to ask :)

Oh, and I'm glad these no longer apply: I don't think I could live without pork!