Genesis 7:2 meaning and explanation
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
Genesis 7:2, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Noah just before the flood, instructing him about the animals he must bring aboard the ark. The distinction between clean and unclean animals is stated here long before the law of Moses, showing that Israel's later food and sacrifice rules rested on an older awareness of what God counted acceptable.
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