Deu 14:21 | MHM | STEP | v. 21 : They must not eat the flesh of any animal that died by itself, because it is considered unclean and not healthy ( v. 21; Lev. 11:39 ). They are also told not to cook a young goat in its mother’s milk, which may have been a pagan custom. Application : These food laws were special for the Jews and were not meant for all people in all times. They could give this unclean meat to foreigners, showing that these rules were for Israel alone. In the New Testament, these food laws are ended, because now every creature of God is good (1 Tim. 4:4 ).

‏ Deuteronomy 14:21

v. 21: They must not eat the flesh of any animal that died by itself, because it is considered unclean and not healthy (v. 21; Lev. 11:39 ^a). They are also told not to cook a young goat in its mother’s milk, which may have been a pagan custom.

Application: These food laws were special for the Jews and were not meant for all people in all times. They could give this unclean meat to foreigners, showing that these rules were for Israel alone. In the New Testament, these food laws are ended, because now every creature of God is good (1 Tim. 4:4 ^b).